Lives can be ruined or lost due to careless and negligent conduct. Such catastrophic injuries can be caused in many ways, ranging from the malpractice of a medical professional, such as doctor, hospital, or pharmacist, to the unsafe construction of a school bus, to the negligence of a careless driver. David A. Axelrod & Associates has the skills and experience necessary to win the maximum compensation for victims of negligence. That includes the steadfast commitment to take a case to a jury.

The firm’s use of teams of attorneys, paralegals and support staff when taking on hospitals, doctors, pharmacists, manufacturers, and others whose carelessness has caused people to suffer has resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for its clients since David A. Axelrod & Associates was founded in 2001.

Lawsuits may settle on the courtroom steps but often they do not. Lawyers representing those whose negligence has caused serious injury or death are fully aware that David A. Axelrod & Associates can and will take a case to trial if a fair settlement cannot be obtained. Indeed, the firm assumes that every case will go to trial.

This approach has resulted in substantial jury verdicts, led by a $31.35 million award against Walgreen Company for pharmacy malpractice. Additional successes of the firm include the following:

• Recovered $2.1 million for the wrongful death of a 22-year-old man caused by the failure of a hospital to properly monitor his breathing;

• Won a jury verdict of $1.5 million in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case against a surgeon and an internist;

• Negotiated a structured settlement valued in excess of $4 million for a 22-month-old child in a medical malpractice suit against a hospital for failure to timely diagnose the child’s case of acute kidney failure;

• Recovered $925,000 for the family of a 77-year-old woman who died due to the failure to diagnose a wound infection;

• Won a jury verdict in the amount of $814,000 against a medical group for failure to timely diagnose a surgical infection;

• Recovered $450,000 for the family of an 82-year-old woman who died due to the failure of emergency room doctors to diagnose a heart condition.

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