Recently Filed Cases
- Birth Injury – Failure to Recognize Fetal Distress: Parnell v. Moore, et al. - Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky filed a medical negligence action on behalf of Ari Davis, who was the second of twins born to mother Charde Parnell. According to lawsuit, the defendant doctors responsible for Mrs. Parnell and Ari’s care failed to properly recognize fetal monitor abnormalities including decelerations and bradycardia, which indicated a need for... Read More
- Birth Injury – Failure to Recognize Fetal Distress: Kirkland v. Grady Memorial Hospital - Sommers Schwartz attorney Richard Groffsky filed a medical malpractice action on behalf of Miracle Leavell, who was born at Grady Memorial Hospital, and her mother, Latrassa Kirkland. According to lawsuit, the Defendant doctors failed to properly recognize abnormal fetal heart tracings in Miracle, a danger that should have been addressed with an emergency caesarean section... Read More
- Birth Injury: Mismanaged Preeclampsia and Delayed C-Section – Blackaby v. Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, et al. - Sommers Schwartz attorneys Matt Curtis filed suit alleging the defendants’ failure to properly manage the plaintiff mother’s prenatal care as well as their delay in performing a caesarean delivery, resulting in stillbirth. According to the lawsuit, despite the mother’s repeated complaints of headaches and elevated blood pressure over a two-month period, the defendant obstetrician failed... Read More
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Press Releases
- Curtis and Groffsky, recovered $7.4 Million Neonatal Resuscitation Case - Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Sommers Schwartz announces that senior partners Rick Groffsky and Matt Curtis obtained a confidential $7.4 million settlement for an infant born depressed after an emergent delivery. The baby developed brain damage because he was not properly resuscitated in the critical first hour after birth. Because the baby was not spontaneously breathing... Read More
- Rob Sickels obtains $600K settlement for Brain Injured Child’s Family - Tuesday, December 01, 2009 When Nikisha Martin suspected that her child had suffered a fatal brain injury as the result of a Doctor’s negligence, she sought the council of Sommers Schwartz attorney Robert Sickels. After consulting with medical professionals within his firm, Mr. Sickels determined that negligence had played a role in the injury and... Read More