A 63-year-old married mother of two, suffered an aggravation of her back and neurological condition after a medical device collapsed in her spine, leading to nerve damage in her arms and legs and severe muscle spasms. After her initial back surgery where the medical device was implanted, our client underwent a revision surgery, in addition to a series of injections and physical therapy.
Before the initial surgery, the client was hoping to recover in time to walk into her son’s graduation several months post-surgery. Her treating physicians recommended that she would require pain management, ongoing evaluations, future medical care, medications, and therapeutic services in the future due to the failed medical device.
The defendant vigorously disputed liability, medical causation, and damages with various liability and medical experts. The device had never been recalled, and the opposing expert witnesses denied that the device malfunctioned or collapsed at all. However, after mediation and on the eve of trial, the defendant settled the case for $2.4 million.