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Stein, Mitchell & Mezines:
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Our attorneys have won precedent-setting victories in courts throughout the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Here is a small sample of some of our results in cases involving brain injuries. Prospective clients should bear in mind that every case is different, and no lawyer can promise a specific result. What we CAN promise is that we bring to every client and every case our commitment to devote our full legal and financial resources to win justice for that client's cause.

Doe v. United States - In 2003, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, awarded negligence victim Enrique Doe (who has asked that his last name not be used) the sum of $20 million in damages, believed to be the largest Federal Tort Claims Act judgment for an individual plaintiff in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Enrique suffered serious brain damage as a result of an accident involving a government vehicle.

Burke v. Goodman and Groover, Christie & Merritt - $5,774,000 award for a 40-year-old woman who suffered a series of small strokes that went undiagnosed until she suffered a major stroke that left her with permanent cognitive deficits, inability to work, and difficulty communicating. The verdict in the Superior Court of Washington, D.C., was against a neurologist and a major group of radiologists.

Palmer v. Fulcher, et al. - Medical malpractice case in Fairfax County Circuit Court resulting in a verdict of $3.7 million, one of the largest malpractice verdicts ever returned in state court in Virginia. Mrs. Palmer suffered brain damage as the result of a mishap at the end of a surgical procedure.

Lewis v. United States - Settlement of $3 million in a case on behalf of a brain-damaged child and his mother against Walter Reed Army Hospital.

Muenstermann v. United States - Judgment of $5.5 million entered in nonjury malpractice case in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland involving moderate to serious birth injuries sustained due to medical negligence at the time of delivery at the hospital at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Davis v. Kaiser - Settlement $1.8 million, birth related injury.

Sanders v. Hospital - Settlement of $2.5 million based on failure to assess for increased intracranial pressure in 5-year-old girl injured in rollover motor vehicle accident.

Ellis v. United States - A $3.5 million settlement with the federal government on behalf of a baby who suffered neurological injuries at birth at the hospital at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

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