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OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  01.09.2019

Saxton & Stump Clinches Defense Verdict in Less than 1 Hour in Complicated Thoracic Surgery Case

Saxton & Stump clinched a defense verdict in a complex thoracic surgery case involving the death of a 63-year-old man.  Plaintiff claimed that our thoracic surgery client improperly discharged the...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  09.17.2018

Saxton & Stump Secures Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Neurosurgery Case

We represented a neurosurgeon and his practice in a case involving a patient who needed brain surgery for removal of an atypical (grade II) meningioma but experienced recurrence of the...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  06.21.2018

Saxton & Stump Litigators Obtain Non-suit and Defense Verdict in Cardiac Tamponade Case

We represented a hospital and a general surgeon in a 5-day wrongful death trial involving allegations that the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and anesthetist failed to timely recognize, diagnose, and treat an...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  06.20.2018

Saxton & Stump Secures Defense Verdict for Gastroenterologist in a Case Involving a Colonic Perforation

We represented a gastroenterologist in a case involving a colectomy and colostomy necessitated by a colonic perforation following a colonoscopy.  The plaintiff had claimed that the physician deviated from the...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  04.20.2018

Jury Awards Defense Verdict to Saxton & Stump Client in Wrongful Death Case

We represented an Emergency Department physician and the nursing team in a case involving an alleged delay in diagnosis of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia in conjunction with their decision to...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  04.18.2018

Saxton & Stump Secures Defense Verdict in Case Involving Complication During Central Venous Catheter Procedure

We represented a general surgeon and his practice in a medical malpractice action for an injury to a pulmonary artery, resulting in a cardiac tamponade and sternotomy, during the placement...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  01.19.2018

Saxton & Stump Litigators Secure a Defense Verdict for Two Colorectal Surgeons After a 5-Day Trial

Our litigators represented two colorectal surgeons during a 5-day trial involving the death of a patient from ischemic small bowel obstruction.  Plaintiff claimed that there was a collective failure by...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  01.12.2018

Trial Team Earns Defense Verdict in Delay in Autism Diagnosis

A pediatric practice received a report from a psychologist who diagnosed the 8-year-old minor Plaintiff with an autism spectrum disorder.  A clerical worker placed that report in a file without...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  01.12.2018

Saxton & Stump Litigators Awarded Defense Verdict in Bladder Perforation Case

We represented a urologist, a nurse, and a hospital in a case involving significant abdominal injuries allegedly caused by the urologist’s or the nurse’s perforation of the Plaintiff’s bladder.  The...

OUR RESULTS  |  DEFENSE VERDICT  |  11.28.2017

Saxton & Stump Litigators Secure a Defense Verdict in an ENT Case

Male Plaintiff at 42 years of age was referred by his PCP to our ENT client for enlarged tonsils and persistent sore throats.  Examination revealed a left oropharynx lesion and...