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  • $21 Million Truck Accident, Brain Injury

    Mr. Peterson was co-counsel in this case that went to trial in San Francisco that resulted in a record-setting verdict for the brain injured driver who was rear-ended by a delivery truck.

  • Record-Setting $17 Million Birth Injury Settlement
    secured in 2019 over brain damage resulting from failure to treat a routine infection in pregnancy. This is the largest medical malpractice recovery in California history (present value).
  • $8.75 Million Failure to Diagnose Sepsis

    Primary care physician failed to diagnosis necrotizing fasciitis, a potentially lethal infection, that resulted in amputations of all four limbs.

  • $6.25 Million Anoxic Brain Injury, Anesthesia Error
    During labor the client’s epidural went “high” causing her to stop breathing and resulted in an anoxic brain injury.
  • $5.5 Million Birth Injury, Brain Injury

    A NICU nurse perforated the infant client’s heart while inserting a PICC line leading to brain injury.

  • $4.5 Million Failure to Diagnose Meningitis in a Newborn

    Neonatologist/pediatrician did not appreciate changes in vital signs that are the hallmark of meningitis delaying the administration of antibiotics resulting in a brain injury.

  • $4 Million Wrongful Death

    Failure to diagnose coronary artery disease. In this case the patient presented to his primary care physician with symptoms consistent with a heart attack. His physician diagnosed a gastrointestinal illness and he died from a heart attack four hours later.

  • $3.75 Million Anesthesia Error

    During an outpatient pain management procedure my client’s blood oxygenation fell to zero causing an anoxic brain injury.

  • $3.75 Million Failure to Diagnose Stroke

     In this case the patient presented with symptoms consistent with having stroke and was discharged. He later suffered a debilitating stroke.

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