Representative Recoveries of Kent Schneider

$ 6.5 million settlement: A man was severely brain injured following an auto accident with a truck driver in this negligence case.

$ 6.0 million settlement: Location of an applicable umbrella policy resulting in millions of dollars in available insurance coverage following the death of a young father in a motor vehicle accident.

$ 6 million verdict: Liability was found after a baby’s spinal cord was negligently damaged during the delivery in this birth injury case.

$ 5.85 million settlement: A doctor failed to diagnose and treat a 38 year old woman's fatal pulmonary embolism. The plaintiff was single with no children. Attorneys Kampinski and Schneider were able to prove alterations in the medical chart by the defendant doctor.

$ 4.5 million settlement: A newborn suffered a severe brain injury and Cerebral Palsy due to negligent delay in delivery.

$ 4.5 million settlement: A 17 year old in the State’s custody was rendered a quadriplegic after the van in which the victim was a passenger overturned. The recovery was the largest ever achieved at the time in the Ohio Court of Claims.

$ 3.5 million settlement: Policy limits were recovered against a hospital and doctors who failed to treat and diagnose a patient’s neuroleptic malignant syndrome following bariatric surgery. The patient was rendered a mute quadriplegic as a result of post-operative medication.

$ 3.25 million settlement: Location of applicable insurance policies after a man was hit by a car while hosing down materials in his driveway. He suffered a brain injury in this insurance bad faith case.

$ 2.5 million settlement: An employer was liable when a worker fell through a roof in this workplace injury case.

$ 2 million settlement: A woman suffered serious injuries following an accident involving a tram which pulled away before she was safely on board.

$ 2 million settlement: A part manufacturer was found liable for injuries sustained by a snowmobile rider who was injured in an accident which rendered him a quadriplegic in this defective product case.

$ 1.8 million settlement: An employer was found liable after a worker was crushed while using a lift at work. The worker died. The decedent’s wife was pregnant with their first child at the time.

$ 1.5 million settlement: A wrongful death recovery was obtained from a component part manufacturer on behalf of an infant who survived a boat explosion that killed several members of his family

$ 1 million settlement: Money was recovered from a victim’s insurance policy after his death due to a fall from a cherry picker type apparatus in preparation for a painting job.

$ 1 million settlement: A cab company was found liable after a passenger was killed due to driver negligence. The victim was celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas at the time.

$ 1 million settlement: Liability against a hospital and doctors who failed to diagnose a patient’s fatal renal cell carcinoma despite suspicious x-ray findings. Had the cancer been diagnosed earlier, the patient would have survived in this failure to diagnose case.

$ 1 million settlement: Physicians were liable for failure to properly diagnose a patient’s symptoms of an aortic dissection in this failure to diagnose case.

$ 1 million settlement: A hospital and doctors were liable for failing to provide an adequate work up for a patient who presented with cardiac symptoms. He was released primarily because of his young age despite a strong family history. He subsequently died.

$ 1 million settlement: An employer was found liable after an unprotected worker contracted a lung disease known as histoplasmosis. The employer knew the conditions were unsafe since another employee had contracted the disease already.

$ 1 million settlement: A young woman was injured in a car accident. She was then ejected from the car and was hit again. She miraculously survived, but with many residual injuries.

$ 1 million settlement: A driver suffered serious brain and physical injuries in a truck accident.

$ 1 million settlement: A hospital was liable for a 10 year old boy’s drowning while at an in-patient program. This was the largest settlement against the hospital at the time and the pool was shut down.

$ 825,000 settlement: A driver was found liable when she struck a man who was plowing his driveway.

$ 750,000 settlement: The owners of an apartment complex were liable after a resident was raped in her apartment in this premises liability case.

$ 700,000 settlement: A hospital and doctors were liable following the failure to properly anti-coagulate a patient. The patient underwent a total right knee replacement and had a history of atrial fibrillation. The result was a devastating stroke which left her wheelchair bound and nursing home dependent in this health care negligence case.

$ 650,000 settlement: Policy limits were recovered following an incident in which a piano fell on a young woman during a move rendering her a paraplegic.

$ 610,000 settlement: A minor was killed from a fall when the driver took off with the minor sitting on the truck. She suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage

$ 585,000 settlement: A 32 year old patient presented to two different emergency rooms with cardiac symptoms and diagnosed both times with musculoskeletal disease. Two weeks later, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Had his cardiac condition been properly diagnosed, it could have been surgically repaired.

$ 500,000 settlement: A hospital and physicians failed to timely diagnose the patient’s aortic dissection.

$ 500,000 settlement: A patient died following administration of inappropriate sedatives during placement of a pacemaker in this surgical malpractice case.

$ 450,000 settlement: A rehabilitation facility was liable for a post-operative patient’s fatal pulmonary embolism despite warning signs in this nursing home negligence case.

$ 323,750 settlement: A minor was injured by a dog bite.