Alexander Abiakam, et al. v. Valerie Imperial, M.D., et al. – Pediatric medical malpractice case resulting in an anoxic hypoxic brain injury in which VDI provided an earning capacity evaluation of the child. Received Plaintiff verdict of $2.1 million (which included the full amount of the lost earning capacity claim of $1.3 million)
Bonner v. Edrich, M.D. et al – Pediatric medical malpractice case for a diagnosis of Stevens-Johnson syndrome in which VDI provided earning capacity evaluation. Settled prior to trial.
Victoria M., et al v. Eagle County Schools Re-50J – Claim for disability discrimination under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in which VDI provided a Life Care Plan. Settled prior to trial.
Garrett Horsfall et al. v. Royceton Lapid et al. – Personal injury case involving a motor vehicle versus pedestrian accident resulting in severe traumatic brain injury and orthopedic injuries. VDI provided and earning capacity evaluation, Life Care Plan. Settled prior to trial.
Arizona:
Dyer v. King’s Inn – Traumatic brain injury resulting from carbon monoxide exposure case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation and Life Care Plan. Settled during trial.
Fuller v. Phillips – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, deposition testimony and arbitration testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Jones v. Cochise County – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and trial testimony. $1.625M plaintiff verdict.
McAchran v. Knight Transportation – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan, deposition testimony and trial testimony. Jury verdict of $3.1 million.
Remmetter v. Daimler Chrysler – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Rodriguez v. Fesko – Pediatric traumatic brain injury case involving twin children injured before birth in a motor vehicle accident, in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Case settled prior to trial.
Massey and Lollie v. City of Phoenix and DeLeon – Pediatric traumatic brain injury case involving a child injured before birth in a motor vehicle accident. VDI provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation and a Life Care Plan. Case settled prior to trial.
Nevada:
Bergeron v. Casa Blanca Hotel & Casino – High profile spinal cord injury with paraplegia case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation and Life Care Plan. Settled prior to deposition or trial for $5.5 million.
Burns v. Mattingly – Spine injury/chronic pain case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, deposition testimony and trial testimony. Jury verdict in excess of $850,000.
Estate of Polly Gonzalez v. Ford Motor Co. – Wrongful death cases in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Fonseca v. Rainbow Rock – Multiple orthopedic injuries case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Guerrero v. Republic Silver State Disposal – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan, deposition testimony and trial testimony. Jury verdict of over $17 million.
Leboukas v. Ford Motor Co., et al – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
McCloud v. ATC VANCOM, Inc. – Traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Wisconsin:
Veersathvik P.R. Mallidi, et al. v. Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, et al.V– Pediatric medical malpractice case resulting in a 6 week old boy suffering permanent brain damage from oxygen deprivation during surgery in which VDI provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation and Life Care Plan for the child. The Plaintiff’s family won a $22.5 million payment from a state malpractice fund, the second-largest award made by the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, according to state records going back to 1996.
Edward A. Vanderventer, Jr., et al. v. Hyundai Motors Company, et al. – Product liability case resulting in a 38 year old man sustaining a severe spinal cord injury due to a faulty vehicle headrest in which VDI provided an Assessment of Future Care Needs and Life Care Plan. Plaintiff received a positive trial verdict and was awarded $38 million, $32 million of which was to be paid by Hyundai.
Joseph Barsuli, et al. v. Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, et al. – Medical malpractice case resulting in failure to timely diagnose and treat a spinal epidural abscess, causing the 53 year old plaintiff to sustain permanent injury, numbness in hands and legs, and a neurogenic bowel/bladder. VDI provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation and Life Care Plan for the plaintiff. Mr. Barsuli was awarded full damages by the jury. Damages related to future loss of earning capacity and the Life Care Plan were in excess of $2.8 million.
Bomkamp v. Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund – Wisconsin – Medical malpractice / traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. $17.3 million settlement was the largest medical malpractice settlement in Dane County, Wisconsin history.
Lampe v. Campbell – Wisconsin – Cervical spinal cord injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Lenhardt v. State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services – Wisconsin – Pediatric traumatic brain injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial for $20 million.
Melton v. Ford Motor Company – Wisconsin – Pediatric spinal cord injury case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Schultz v. Wisconsin Injured Patients & Families Compensation Fund – Wisconsin – Traumatic Brain injury medical malpractice case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan, deposition testimony and trial testimony. Verdict of $10 million.
Swatek v. Froedtert Hospital – Wisconsin – Quadruple amputee medical malpractice case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Other Venues:
Amir Hekmati v. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Washington, DC – Wrongful imprisonment case in which Mr. Taylor provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation. U.S. District Court awarded $5,728,179 in economic damages and a total of $31,748,179.00 in compensatory damages. The court also awarded $31,748,179.00 in punitive damages for total damages of $63,496,358.00
Doe 30 v. Diocese of New Ulm, Diocese of Duluth, and Oblates of Mary Immaculate – Minnesota – Clergy sexual abuse case, in which VDI provided an Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony on behalf of the plaintiff. Jury awarded $8.1 million in damages.
Garcia, et al. v. Kit, et al. – New Mexico – Carbon monoxide poisoning case involving four families, parents and eight children, in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluations, Life Care Plans and deposition testimony. Cases settled prior to trial.
Triplett v. Smith – Ohio – Medical malpractice case involving spinal cord injury/tetraplegia in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan and deposition testimony. Settled prior to trial.
Reyes v. Bay, Ltd. – Texas – Spinal cord injury (paraplegia) case in which VDI provided Earning Capacity Evaluation, Life Care Plan, deposition and trial testimony. Settled during trial.
