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.
Defendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Decedent, age 56, suffering from known depression, anxiety attacks and possible psychosis, submitted to a nine-day voluntary psychiatric admission. During admission, a trial of different medical combinations was attempted, with ...
SEE MOREDefendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff, a 19-year-old nurse’s aid, underwent an anterior-posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation. Post-operatively, plaintiff developed a deep wound infection at the iliac crest bone graft donor site that tracked to ...
SEE MOREDefendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff, a 74-year-old man, was admitted for total right knee replacement with a history of severe vascular disease. Ten days post-op, the right lower leg lost blood flow. The leg ...
SEE MOREDefendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
The 24-year-old plaintiff underwent a right hemi-discectomy to remove a herniated disc. Post-operatively, plaintiff awoke with paraparesis and bowel and bladder dysfunction. Plaintiff underwent extensive physical therapy and eventually regained ...
SEE MOREDefendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:Dismissal in Favor of Defendant Affirmed.
An insurance company paid a vehicle owner’s claim when his car burst into flames in the driveway. The insurer filed a subrogation action against the defendant seeking to recover the ...
SEE MOREDefendant Physician
Outcome:Summary Judgment for Defendant Affirmed.
Summary judgment had been granted in favor of defendant after the trial judge struck plaintiff’s expert’s testimony. The expert had admitted that he did not accept plaintiff’s version of the ...
SEE MOREDefendant Obstetrician-Gynecologist
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff alleged that her obstetrician/gynecologist failed to diagnose and properly attend to her incompetent cervix, and as a result, she went into premature labor and lost a fetus at 22 ...
SEE MOREDefendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to timely diagnose and treat a thoracic aneurism. Subsequent surgery on the enlarged aneurism resulted in the patient’s death. Plaintiff sought over $2 million. ...
SEE MOREDefendant Obstetrician-Gynecologist
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff’s decedent, who received prenatal care from defendant, developed pregnancy-induced hypertension. Plaintiff contended that during labor plaintiff’s decedent suffered an eclamptic seizure with resultant catastrophic injuries that left the mother ...
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