Medical Malpractice:Doctor Responsible for Botched Circumcision
A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of a young boy who was disfigured as a result of a botched circumcision. Read On
The AZ Injury Law team at Schmidt, Sethi & Akmajian has won countless cases for our clients in our firm's 40+ years. We are capable of handling any kind of personal injury or accident claim, no matter how serious, complex, or complicated it may be.
Together, our team has recovered more than $150 million in damages and shares more than 120 years of combined legal experience. We have won some of the most prominent cases in Arizona history and have recovered record-setting sums for our clients. An impressive 98% of our cases end in a fair settlement, though we also have a strong record for successful trial verdicts as well.
A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of a young boy who was disfigured as a result of a botched circumcision. Read On
A confidential settlement was obtained for the spouse and family of a patient, who was suicidal, taken to the hospital, and was supposed to be on close watch. The patient left the hospital building, and was found hanging on the hospital grounds. Read On
We were able to obtain a confidential statement for the wife and family of an individual who sustained multiple injuries in a motor vehicle accident, and was on his way to recovery in the hospital when the treatment team negligently removed the suction tube that was draining his stomach contents.... Read On
We were able to obtain a confidential settlement for a gentleman who had to give up a potential sports career because of a dangerous congenital heart condition that went undiagnosed for years. The condition could have been corrected if diagnosed earlier in the client's life. Read On
We were able to obtain a confidential settlement for the family of an elderly patient who died from an infection caused by improperly treated bed sores. Read On
We negotiated a confidential settlement for the family of a man who was sent home from urgent care in the face of an abnormal heart examination indicating or suggesting a heart attack was imminent. The patient died about two hours after he arrived at home. Read On
We obtained a confidential settlement for our clients from a spine surgeon who performed experimental spine surgery on our client using computer-assisted robotics. The surgery failed in many ways, and left our client with permanent pain and disability. Read On
We represented a young girl against her group home and her pediatrician for failure to treat her severe back pain, numbness, incontinence and high fevers, which were the result of significant objective disease. The techs and pediatrician claimed that she was merely attention seeking. After many c... Read On
We succeeded in negotiating a confidential settlement for the surviving family of a successful businessman, father, and husband from Nogales, Arizona. He checked into a hospital for simple rotator cuff surgery and was administered too much pain medication, which resulted in heart failure and death. Read On
We were pleased to negotiate a substantial settlement for our client who suffered a catastrophic injury at the hands of a gasoline-driven auger, which caught his pant leg and ripped into his flesh while he was digging a hole for a telephone pole. Read On
The defendant anesthesiologist negligently put a hemodialysis catheter in our client's neck artery rather than her neck vein, causing a stroke and brain damage. We settled the claim against the anesthesiologist, nephrologists, radiologist, and hospital for a confidential sum. Read On
We successfully negotiated a multi-million dollar settlement for clients against doctors alleging negligence in performing heart surgery of the family patriarch. The doctors' negligence resulted in a significant weakening of his heart, which ultimately resulted in his death. Read On
We were successful in negotiating a confidential settlement for our client, a young child, who was brain injured when the hospital and treating physician failed to recognize an irregular heartbeat and lack of oxygen being delivered to her brain before delivery. This settlement will allow our clie... Read On
We represented the young children of a 36-year-old woman who died of cervical cancer. The cancer was missed by her primary care physician during a routine examination. We were able to establish that the physician misread a pathology report that identified the presence of the cancer at a point in ... Read On
We were able to obtain a substantial confidential settlement for our client whose husband committed suicide by jumping off a second story railing after having been put into the care of an in-patient psychiatric unit for suicidal tendencies. Read On
We obtained a confidential settlement for our clients against a hospital, three pediatric surgeons, and an anesthesiologist who deprived our infant client of oxygen, causing brain damage, by failing to timely diagnose and properly treat a neuroblastoma tumor. Read On
Our clients' 10 month old son died 19 days after he had surgery to repair his duodenum. The baby died of an undiagnosed small bowel obstruction. From the time of his admission to the time of his death, no doctor ordered any imaging or x-rays. We settled this case for a confidential amount allegin... Read On
We negotiated a substantial confidential settlement for our clients whose husband and father sustained a heart attack, only blocks from the defendant Fire Department. His wife drove him straight to the Fire Department and, due to the paramedics' inability to properly administer a defibrillator an... Read On
Our client, a 28 year old Air Force helicopter crew chief, suffered a bisected median nerve high in his right shoulder area. The injury occurred when his surgeon mistook the nerve for the tendon he was planning to cut. The nerve injury left our client's arm useless, but incredibly painful. After ... Read On
Jim Campbell successfully represented a patient in a medical malpractice claim arising out of a loss if a kidney as a result of a surgical injury she suffered during a bowel resection. Kinerk Schmidt and Sethi were able to prove the surgeon failed to timely diagnose a surgical injury to her right... Read On