Samuel J. Leib, Shareholder
Case Experience
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Settled for $60,000, this case stemmed from the death of a 40-year-old woman due to an alleged delay in the diagnosis of cervical cancer.
- This case, resolved at mediation without payment, involved the death of a pregnant woman from a thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after a cesarean section.
- The plaintiff alleged that fetal distress and the failure of our client to perform a C-section resulted in an infantŐs brain damage. The case was resolved with a defense verdict.
- Our client was blamed for causing brain damage in a patient when she fell after a colposcopy. The case was dismissed without payment.
- Our client allegedly severed a patientŐs ureter during a laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The case was tried to defense verdict and upheld on appeal.
- Settled during the second week of trial, this case involved a delay in diagnosing arrested labor, failure to perform a crash c-section, and brain damage in a baby.
- Our client allegedly caused shoulder dystocia in a newborn causing permanent brachial plexus injury.
