Streamline Your Practice and Maximize Your Income: Partner with Our Medical Injury Expertise

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Medical malpractice and nursing home cases are costly and time-consuming, often draining a general
law firm’s resources. With average case costs ranging from $100,000 to $150,000, requiring around 1,000 hours of attorney time, and taking 3-4 years to resolve, these cases can significantly impact your firm. Even with diligent efforts, not all cases succeed, leading to further resource depletion.

For 20 years, our firm has specialized in handling medical injury cases, investing the time and money to achieve successful outcomes. We’ve paid millions in referral fees to general law firms, including $1.9M in 2023 alone. By referring cases to us, your firm can focus on its core practice areas, reduce costs, and still benefit from substantial referral fees.

Our reputation as a proven winner in complex medical injury cases is recognized by defense firms and insurance carriers alike. Let us handle the heavy lifting while you reap the rewards. Call us first and see the difference our expertise can make for your firm.

Results

 

Our law firm has extensive experience in medical injury law, personal injury law, and vaccine injury law, but you shouldn’t just take our word for it. Massa Butler Giglione & Dirlam has an impressive track record of results in and out of the courtroom that showcases this experience. Below is just a snapshot of some of the results we’ve received for our clients.

See some of our more notable results below

MISSED OR MISDIAGNOSED CANCER

Med Mal

$4,250,000

In this tragic medical malpractice case, doctors misread a pathology report, believing it was a common infection. It was cancer.

Knee Image

$4,400,000

For years, doctors were examining and obtaining x-rays and imaging for knee pain.  The doctors had misread the x-rays and imaging.  It was cancer. 

Misdiagnosed

$2,600,000

Complaints of face pain and numbness for months were ignored. Despite clear evidence of a tumor, doctors misread the imaging. Sadly, by the time the cancer had been discovered, this patient was required to undergo a critical facial surgery to remove the progressing cancer resulting in a facial deformity.

BOTCHED SURGERY AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE

appendicitis

$10,000,000

This patient was permanently injured when surgeons failed to perform emergency surgery, which would have saved her vital organs. 

wheelchair

$4,500,000

Surgeons failed to provide appropriate post-operative care causing irreversible nerve damage. By the time the appropriate care was provided, the patient was unable to walk, speak clearly, or care for herself.

MEDICATION ERRORS

Failed Standards of Care

$8,750,000

This patient’s heart condition required careful prescription of medication. The doctor carelessly reduced the dose of medication, which caused a debilitating stroke.

Medication

$2,000,000

This patient survived a life-saving operation. Sadly his care providers failed to provide critical medications during the post-op period.

FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE TEST RESULTS

Failed Standards of Care

$1,900,000

This patient was not told about a cancerous finding reported on x-rays. The cancer went untreated and grew for 13 months because his team of doctors failed to communicate and follow up on the results. By then the cancer had spread.

Misdiagnosed

$1,500,000

A suspicious mass was seen and reported on this patient’s x-ray. He was not told the finding ultimately was determined to be cancer and was only discovered after the cancer had spread to his heart.

FAILING TO TIMELY TREAT

Blood clot

$1,300,000

When suffering from a stroke, every minute counts—time lost, is brain lost. Doctors wasted valuable time in a hospital emergency room with this stroke patient. Despite a stroke medication that was readily available and could have been timely given, this debilitating stroke went untreated.

Cardiac arrest

$1,000,000

Severe chest pain went untreated in a hospital emergency room for many hours while it was too late.

VACCINE INJURIES

vaccine injury

$380,500

A flu vaccine caused this patient to develop Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) a known complication of the vaccine.

syringe

$245,000

 A flu vaccination caused this patient to develop Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).  He lost the use of his legs. He completed an intensive rehabilitation program and had to relearn to walk again.

vaccine injury

$128,527

A nurse received a flu vaccine and developed a shoulder injury related to vaccination administration (SIRVA).

small baby

$77,000

A small child received a rotavirus oral vaccination and developed intussusception, a medical emergency in which one part of the intestine slides inside another part. 

Catastrophic Injuries

Fatal accident

$2,500,000

In a Trucking Accident, a child suffered permanent brain injuries because an inexperienced tractor-trailer driver ran a red light.