Mr. David Irving Shroyer, Shareholder

Verdicts and Settlements

• 9,300,000 Settlement.   Young woman admitted to Ohio State University Hospital with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS).    She developed breathing problems due to the condition.  The resident physician failed to act upon an alarming blood gas study and instead went to lunch.  The young college student suffered a respiratory attack resulting in brain damage. She is in a permanent vegetative or minimally conscious state requiting round the clock care
• 8,600,000  Jury Trial   Middle aged woman presented to her ophthalmologist with Pseudo Tumor Cerebri a condition in which there is a build up of cerebral spinal fluid pressure in the brain.  If untreated with a shunt it can cause damage to the optic nerve and blindness. The doctor elected to treat with drugs and the patient lost most of her vision
• 3,200,000 Jury Verdict.  Woman admitted to the Mt Carmel hospital for a hysterectomy.  She developed an undiagnosed blood clot in her arm.  The failure to timely diagnosis and treat the condition resulted in amputation of her arm. 
• 2,325,000  Trial   Four month old baby developed a fever.  The pediatrician obtain blood work but failed to recognized that the white blood cell count showed signs of an infection.  As a result the spinal meningitis was untreated and the young boy suffered amputation of his feet and finger tips from the untreated bacterial infection that resulted  in lack of blood flow.
• 2,100,000   Settlement   Middle aged man went to the emergency room complaining of neck pain.  The Emergency room doctors discharged him without the benefit of a cervical x ray.  The next morning he awoke permanently paralyzed due to a spinal abscess.
• 2,000,000  Settlement   Driver of a truck hit a guardrail with caused his truck to collide with a bridge pier.  The driver  lost his leg in the accident.  The suit was against the auto manufacturer  and the Ohio Turnpike Commission   
• 1,800,000   Jury Verdict    Young mother was in a car accident with a dump truck.  Liability was disputed.  The defense claimed that the plaintiff ran the stop sign and failed to yield to the truck.
• 1,800,000  Jury Trial   Sixty five year old grandmother was killed when a young uninsured driver crossed left of center colliding with the plaintiffs car.
• 1,800,000 Settlement   High school senior was hit by a Conrail train in Hilliard.  The track had lights but no gates.  The crossing had site restrictions making it difficult to see a train.       
• 700,000  Trial   Thirty year old man ran into the rear of a water truck that had failed to use turn signals.  The plaintiff broke both legs in the automobile accident.
• 600,000 Settlement     Woman's face caught on fire during a surgery.  The oxygen was ignited with a spark form electric cautery.
• 250,000  Jury Verdict   Young woman injured her thumb in a auto accident.  The thumb injury interfered with her career as a hair dresser.