$7.6 million - World record jury verdict (1976) for radiation caused spinal cord injuries, resulting in quadriplegia in 18-year-old.

We tried a case involving spinal cord injuries in San Francisco involving an 18-year-old woman who had been rendered quadriplegic during radiation treatment for cancer she had suffered as a child. This was an extremely difficult liability case against two major local hospitals and a nationally-recognized radiation therapist. The defense offered $500,000 to settle the case. That offer was withdrawn during the eight-week trial. The 1978 jury verdict of $7.6 million (present value) was the highest malpractice verdict in the country. It received wide media coverage on Walter Cronkite's 6 o'clock news, in Time magazine, and in other national news. This spinal cord injuries case remained one of the highest present value malpractice verdicts in the western states for years. It was then exceeded by a judgment for $8,900,000 we obtained in Hawaii a few years ago.

$1.0 million - Policy limits settlement for death of 50-year-old man over-radiated for brain tumor.