The battleground in professional negligence always turns on one question. Whether it be a claim of legal, accountancy or broker malpractice, the essential issue is the same: Did the professional comply with the standard of care? Nationally, few firms are as familiar with the terrain of this battleground than is DBMS. DBMS has expertise in defending attorneys, architects, engineers, accountants, brokers and other licensed professionals and their firms in matters spanning myriad claims of damages, both personal and financial.
DBMS is the law firm of choice to defend lawyers, as reflected in the U.S. News’ rankings of the “Best Law Firms” in the field of legal malpractice defense. Major insurance carriers underwriting professional malpractice claims retain DBMS attorneys to defend their insured professionals in claims alleging or involving securities fraud, conflicts of interest, fiduciary breach, domestic relations, estates and trusts, taxation, as well as accountancy, architectural and broker malpractice. DBMS is proud of its trial record in defending these lawsuits to conclusion in both bench trial and jury trial contexts.
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Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff suffered a massive ischemic stroke resulting in left sided hemiplegia, cognitive deficits and the need for permanent assistance with the activities of daily living. She alleged that over a ...
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Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff alleged that she suffered from severe dry eye syndrome and resulting visual distortions following the excision of a bulbar conjunctiva cyst. Plaintiff claimed that the surgeon failed to obtain ...
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Outcome:Appeal Dismissed.
In a plaintiff’s medical malpractice action, summary judgment was granted in favor of the firm’s client because the court found no evidence that his alleged negligence had any causal connection ...
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Outcome:Deadlocked Jury (8 to 3 in Favor of Defense).
Jimmy Lee Bailey, a 43-year-old father of four, was admitted to the hospital with a history of extreme weight loss, progressive numbness of the extremities, chronic renal failure requiring dialysis, and ...
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Outcome:Deadlocked Jury.
In this eleven-week trial, plaintiff argued that the young mother of four children died following a three-week hospital stay from septic shock. Plaintiff had originally been admitted to the hospital ...
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Outcome:Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendants Affirmed.
In a complex legal malpractice action that had three layers — an underlying legal malpractice case that pertained to a Title VII race discrimination action — trial counsel obtained summary ...
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Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff suffered a transected left external iliac artery and vein during laparoscopy surgery. Despite repair of the vessels, plaintiff claimed nerve damage and chronic pain and weakness of her left ...
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Outcome:Defense verdict.
Plaintiff developed an epidural abscess following a caesarean section. It was alleged that the defendant failed to timely diagnose and treat the abscess resulting in neurologic injury to the plaintiff. ...
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Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff claimed he was implanted with an undersized intraocular lens during the course of phacoemulsification cataract surgery, resulting in visual disability. Plaintiff sought over $700,000. The jury returned a defense ...
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