Verdicts & Settlements

Some of Knapp & Roberts winning verdicts and settlements include:

$45.5 Million Jury Verdict	GROUP HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death 26-year-old woman who suffered from severe developmental delays drowned in bathtub after being left unsupervised
$11 Million Jury Verdict	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death Liberty Manor, an assisted living facility, failed to properly supervise a resident with a traumatic brain injury who required 24-hour-a-day care and did not train its staff to understand and meet his care needs. The resident died, at the age of 36, from complications associated with eating foreign objects. At autopsy, the medical examiner found numerous plastics bags, ketchup packets, paper towels and candy wrappers in his stomach and small intestines.
$3.5 Million Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death Client suffered severe burns resulting in death
$3 Million Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death Multiple bed sores led to osteomyelitis and death
$2.5 Million Settlement	CERVICAL CANCER/Wrongful Death At the young age of 27, our client died from cervical cancer. Sadly, the lab misread her pap smear as normal. After she was diagnosed with cancer, our firm obtained the pap smear slide and discovered the error. However, the mistake by the lab caused a delay in her diagnosis and treatment resulting in the cancer spreading to other organs.
$2 Million Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death Resident suffered malnutrition and dehydration resulting in death
$2 Million Settlement	DEFECTIVE DRUG/Serious Injury Drug caused primary pulmonary hypertension
$1 Million Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Wrongful Death A nursing home resident was found unresponsive and foaming from the mouth. The nurses chose not to call 911. She died one week later from prolonged hypoglycemic neglect (diabetic shock). The staff failed to properly monitor her blood sugar level or to follow doctor's orders for her diabetic medication.
$900,000 Settlement	HEART ATTACK/Wrongful Death Failure to diagnose a heart attack
$825,000 Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE/Misplaced Feeding Tube Failure to diagnose misplaced feeding tube resulting in peritonitis and death
$650,000 Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLECT/Wrongful Death Fall and death from nursing negligence
$500,000 Settlement	PRODUCT LIABILITY/Wrongful Death 83-year-old nursing home resident died in a fall caused by faulty bed rails
$450,000 Settlement	NURSING HOME NEGLECT/Wrongful Death Fall and death from nursing negligence

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Success Stories

Some of Knapp & Roberts winning verdicts and settlements are listed below.
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Cervical Cancer / Wrongful Death
$2.5 Million – Settlement
Heart Attack/Wrongful Death
$900,000 - Settlement
Assisted Living Facility / Resident Neglect & Wrongful Death
$11 Million - Jury Verdict
Group Home/Wrongful Death
$45.5 Million - Jury Verdict
Nursing Home/Diabetic Shock Death
$1 Million - Settlement
Nursing Home/Resident Neglect
$3.5 Million - Settlement

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