Christopher S. Livas

Selected Verdicts and Settlements

• $6 Million
  Wrongful death resulting from failure to diagnose blood disorder

  $6,000,000 for the family of a young woman who died after the defendants failed to diagnose her recurrence of a rare blood disorder.

• $4.5 Million
  Wrongful death auto collision

  $4,560,000 settlement during trial on behalf of the family of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in an auto collision.

• $3 Million
  Failure to diagnose stroke

  $3,000,000 for the family of a client whose stroke went undiagnosed, which led to significant permanent injury.

• $1.7 Million
  Wrongful death resulting from bowel injury during surgery

  $1,750,000 settlement against a hospital for the negligent performance of a surgery where the patient’s bowel was injured. Thereafter, the patient became septic, went into septic shock, and later succumbed to her injuries.

• $1.5 Million
  Failure to diagnose heart condition

  $1,500,000 settlement against physician and hospital for failure to properly interpret EKG results and failure to timely diagnose the patient’s heart condition, which left the patient with severe cardiac dysfunction.

• $1.5 Million
  Failure to diagnose spinal cord injury

  $1,500,000 against a hospital for a delay in diagnosing a spinal cord injury, which led to paralysis.

• $1.3 Million
  Wrongful death resulting from failure to diagnose autoimmune disorder

  $1,300,000 for the family of a woman who died after the defendant failed to diagnose her rare autoimmune disorder.

• $1.3 Million
  Negligent stroke treatment

  $1,300,000 for the failure to timely administer clot-busting drug TPA to a stroke patient, which
  resulted in his death.

• $1.2 Million
  Severe injuries in automobile collision

  $1,250,000 settlement for a woman who suffered severe injuries in an automobile collision.

• $1 Million
  Wrongful death resulting from house explosion

  $1,090,000 for the family of a man who died as a result of a house explosion.

• $1 Million
  Failure to diagnose deep vein thrombosis

  $1,000,000 against a hospital for failure to diagnose deep vein thrombosis, which ultimately led to a fatal pulmonary embolism.

• $950,000
  Burn victim

  $950,000 for a young girl whose legs were severely burned after scalding hot liquid burned
  through her pants and onto her legs, requiring skin grafts and future plastic surgeries.

• $750,000
  Negligent radiation administration

  $750,000 for a woman who was undergoing high dose rate radiation therapy for endometrial
  cancer and suffered severe burns resulting from the physician’s negligent administration of her
  treatment.

• $750,000
  Negligent gastrointestinal surgery

  $750,000 for the negligent performance of a Collis gastroplasty and Nissen fundoplication
  resulting in significant swallowing and digestive problems.

• $650,000
  Negligent medication administration

  $650,000 settlement for a patient who received excessive insulin during treatment which caused a hypoglycemic coma and permanent brain damage.

• $625,000
  Failure to diagnose strangulated hiatal hernia

  $625,000 settlement for the failure to diagnose a strangulated hiatal hernia, which resulted in
  gastric perforation

• $500,000
  Failure to diagnose infection

  $500,000 settlement against physician and hospital for failure to diagnose the patient’s infection, which led to necrotizing fasciitis.

• $450,000
  Failure to properly perform breast reconstruction surgery

  $450,000 settlement against a plastic surgeon who improperly performed a bilateral breast reconstruction surgery following the patient’s double mastectomy.