Case Results

$5,634,669 Verdict for a Wrongful Death Caused by Pneumonia

Lance D. Cline obtained a jury verdict of $5,634,669.84 for the wrongful death of a fifty-two-year-old Indian female married to a sixty-four-year-old Indian male at the time of her death. The couple had no children. The decedent developed MRSA pneumonia, a rare form of pneumonia.

$4,100,000 Verdict for Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Nerve Injuries

Lance D. Cline tried this case to a jury in 2012. The plaintiff was a minor male who sustained injuries to brachial plexus nerves in his right arm at the time of his birth. A shoulder dystocia occurred during the vaginal delivery.

$3,500,000 Verdict for a Brachial Plexus Nerve Injury During Shoulder Replacement Surgery

Lance D. Cline tried this lawsuit to a jury in a conservative, northern Indiana county in 2018. The sixty-five-year-old plaintiff had a history of multiple dislocations in his left shoulder between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five that led to the performance of a Magnuson-Stack procedure upon his left shoulder at the age of twenty-five that prevented further dislocations.

$1,285,000 Verdict For a Minor Who Sustained Permanent Brachial Plexus Nerve Injuries at Birth

Lance Cline presented expert witness testimony from two board-certified obstetricians and a biomechanical engineer with expertise and knowledge regarding physician-applied forces during child delivery. The Defendant made no offer of settlement before the trial. The jury deliberated for ninety minutes before ignoring the medical review panel opinion and returning a verdict in favor of the client in the amount of $1,285,000. That was a record verdict in the county where the case was tried.

Brachial Plexus

Lance Cline Has Successfully Resolved 30 Lawsuits Involving Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Nerve Injuries To Newborn Babies

Birth-Related Brain Injuries & Deaths

Lance Cline Has Successfully Resolved 40 Lawsuits Involving Birth-Related Brain Injuries and Birth-Related Deaths

The Untimely Or Incorrect Diagnosis Or Treatment Of Cancer

Lance Cline Has Successfully Resolved 15 Lawsuits Involving The Untimely Or Incorrect Diagnosis Or Treatment Of Cancer

Negligent Diagnosis or Treatment of Heart Disease

Lance Cline Has Successfully Resolved 22 Lawsuits Involving Negligent Diagnosis or Treatment of Heart Disease