Brain Injury Case: Negligence
Brain Injury Attorneys Secure Compensation for Victim who Suffered a Brain Injury from Negligent Care
Case: Cornelius vs. East Texas Medical Center, Athens, Texas
Prior to being hospitalized, David Corenlius was an otherwise healthy and active 42-year old man. He was admitted to East Texas Medical Center at Athens with pneumonia. While in the hospital, David developed respiratory distress. The nurses failed to assess, diagnose and treat his condition, which worsened. After laboring to breath for hours, David finally went into a foreseeable and predictable respiratory arrest. For several minutes, David’s brain was deprived of life sustaining oxygen while the nurses and respiratory therapists watch and refused to intervene.
After this incident, David was confined to life in a nursing home where his basic human needs were being carried out by other people. He had to learn to eat, speak, walk and dress himself. His injuries were the direct and proximate cause of a hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
Prior to seeking the advice of Fineberg Gresham, David’s family was told by two other law firms that they would not take his case because it was too expensive, too complicated and too risky. The brain injury attorneys at Fineberg Gresham carefully evaluated David’s case and hired a team of experts including:
- pulmonologists
- critical care specialists
- nursing experts
- hospital administrators
- neurologists
- neuropsychologists
- radiologists
- psychiatrists
- psychologists
- physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists
- economists
Fineberg Gresham spent all of the time and money needed to prove that the brain injury was both predictable and preventable. In a Summary Jury Trial, a Henderson County Jury empanelled by the Court awarded an $18.7 million dollar award to compensate David and punish the Defendants for their grossly negligent conduct. While that award was advisory in nature, it showed the Defendants that a local jury would hold them accountable when they heard the facts which were uncovered during our investigation and discovery.
If you or your loved one has suffered a brain injury as a result of someone else’s negligent or grossly negligent conduct, please contact the brain injury lawyers at Fineberg Gresham.
Family Interview
Video Length - 5:30
Deposition of Nurses
Nurses Involved in David's Care Admit Negligence
Video Length - 2:56