Verdicts & Settlements
The following are verdicts and settlements obtained by the law offices of Gregory Patton for their clients
Medical Malpractice
ER doctor was negligent in treating 29 year old car crash
victim. - Orange County - 2002
- $17,600,000 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice
Newborn left blind, paralyzed due to birth injury. - Maricopa,
Arizona - 2001
- $8,000,000 Settlement
Premises Liability
Confidential - 2008
- $6,400,000 Million Settlement
Premises Liability/Wrongful Death
5 year old girl killed by falling object in home supply store.
San Diego County – 1992
- $3,500,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice
Primary Care Physician negligent by failing to timely diagnose bladder cancer – Orange County - 2006
- $3,371,242 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury
Birth injury. Arizona 2006
- $2,750,000
Bus Accident/Multiple Injuries
27 year old struck by Orange County Transit Authority bus
in cross-walk. Largest settlement ever paid by OCTA. Orange County
- 2005
- $2,500,000 Settlement
Premises Liability/Property Management Firm
Property Management of condominium complex neglects to provide
adequate security – 40 year old police officer and teenage
son ambushed.
Los Angeles County - 2001
- $2,300,000 Settlement
Premises Liability/Property Management Firm
Pediatrician failed to treat viral brain infection--Yuma, Arizona 2009
- $2,200,000 Settlement during trial
Sexual Harassment
Photograph of man taken while he was in the rest room and
passed around at place of employment. Orange County - 1999
- $1,500,000 Jury Verdict
WRONGFUL DEATH
2008 Alburquerque New Mexico Hot Air Balloon crash resulting in personal injury and death
- $1,400,000 Million Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury
Failure to recognize fetal distress during labor and delivery.
Orange County – 2003
- $1,400,000 Settlement
Construction Accident/Fall from Scaffolding
Steelworker fell from platform on construction site because
of absence of railing. Alameda County – 2001
- $1,400,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Colon Cancer
in 52 year old woman, a patient of a nationwide HMO - resulted
in metastasis. Los Angeles County - 2003
- $1,300,000 Binding Arbitration Award
Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury
Failure to perform timely cesarean section causing hypoxic
brain injury. Orange County – 2000
- $1,300,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice
Confidential--2008
- $1,300,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death
Trauma surgeon refused to perform emergency cesarean section
on mother suffering amniotic fluid embolism – death of
fetus. Orange County – 2000
- $1,300,000 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice
Doctor accidentally cuts crucial nerve of 40 year old. San Diego County - 1999
- $1,100,000 Jury Verdict
Wronful Death
73 year old female bled to death in hospital. Phoenix, AZ – 2008
- $1,100,000 Settlement in Trial Before Closing Argument
Railroad Accident
Engineer injured in railroad accident
San Bernardino County - 2002
- $1,090,000 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death
Patient died after surgery. Arizona 2006
-$1,000,000
Premises Liability/Assault in parking lot by nightclub security
28 year old man assaulted by nightclub security while waiting
for car in parking lot. Los Angeles County – 2004
- $1,000,000 Settlement
Mortuary Negligence
Mortuary failed to properly embalm decedent, resulting in
remains rotting.
- $1,000,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death
29 year old misdiagnosed strep infection as flu by nationwide
HMO. Orange County - 1999
- $848,000 Binding Arbitration Award
Automobile Accident
Automobile accident with head injury.
Los Angeles County - 2000
- $780,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice
Child injured at birth – San Diego County – 2006
- $750,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury
Profound neurological injury caused by delay in recognizing
fetal distress.
San Diego County – 1992
- $750,000 Settlement
Case type Confidential 2007
Case information confidential
- $725,000 Settlement
Case type Confidential 2007
Case information confidential
- $550,000 Settlement
Sexual Harassment/Invasion of Privacy
Secretary sexually harassed by supervisor over a period of
six (6) months.
Orange County – 2001
- $500,000 Jury Verdict
Case type Confidential 2007
Case information confidential
- $400,000 Settlement
Child Drowning
Four year old child drowns in backyard pool of next door neighbor.
Orange County – 2002
- $300,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Bed Sores Fractured Hip
81 year old woman developed bed sores and fell fracturing
her hip.
Los Angeles - 2004
- $300,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Bed Sores
81 year old woman developed stage IV decubitis ulcer (bed
sore) in sacral area.
Los Angeles County – 2004
- $268,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death
Patient died after surgery. Arizona 2006
-$250,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Failure to Resuscitate
86 year old woman dies from failure to resuscitate.
Los Angeles County 2003
- $240,000 Settlement
Slip and Fall
Los Angeles County 1995
- $240,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Dehydration
81 year old woman severely dehydrated; malnourished in skilled
nursing facility.
Orange County – 2004
- $200,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Fractured Hip
89 year old woman dies as a result of fractured hip when dropped.
Orange County
- $195,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Dehydration
84 year old man died from complications from dehydration and
malnutrition.
Orange County – 2003
- $185,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Malnutrition
80 year old woman died from neglect and malnutrition.
Orange County – 2001
- $180,000 Settlement
Nursing Home Neglect/Broken Leg
82 year old woman dropped by nursing staff resulting in fracture of lower leg.
Orange County – 2004
- $120,000 Settlement
Automobile Accident
Back injures and subsequent surgery.
San Bernardino County – 2003
- $115,000 Settlement