Sheldon’s wife entered the hospital for a routine elective back surgery. What followed was every family’s nightmare—a surgical error that caused catastrophic injuries and altered their lives forever. For 22 minutes, she received no oxygen to the brain, resulting in an anoxic brain injury that left her permanently disabled and
When Hospitals Choose Profits Over Patient Dignity: Legal Accountability Matters Joseph Cammarata, partner at Chaikin Sherman Cammarata & Siegel, provides critical legal analysis in Healthcare Risk Management on a troubling case where hospital decisions appear motivated by profit rather than patient welfare. A transplant patient was kept alive artificially despite
Celebrating Milestones: 50, 40, and 30 Years of Excellence at CSCS Law360 Pulse profiled Chaikin Sherman Cammarata & Siegel PC as part of their 2024 retrospective on small law firms. For CSCS, 2024 was defined by significant practice milestones: managing partner Ira Sherman celebrated 50 years as a lawyer, Joseph
We became familiar with Mr. Joe Camerata after my dad was tragically killed at a hospital here in DC, Joe was the main lead, and we were able to call him on his cell phone anytime he was very professional and able to calm us down and reassure us that
$600,000 settlement obtained as a result of a doctor’s failure to diagnose prostate cancer. The cancer spread outside the prostate, eliminating our client’s ability to have surgery to remove the cancer.
$ 35.6 million verdict obtained on behalf of a woman who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of a neurosurgeon negligently cutting an artery during back surgery. The brain damage resulted in our client living a life of total dependence. She is wheelchair bound, and has cognitive, emotional, and
$ 17.1 million verdict obtained on behalf of a the family of a woman who died when Washington Hosptial Center failed to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy. The woman’s falopina tube ruptured causing her death. She was survived by 3 minor children.
Settlement in excess of $5 million for a 14-year-old girl whose doctor used a chemical equivalent of super-glue in her brain, causing severe brain injury.
$4.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a man who had was injured as a result of a negliently performed urological procedure
$17.1 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Obtained in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia On April 6, 2022 Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. obtained a jury verdict of $17,107,000 in D.C. Superior Court in the case of Shanay Batey, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tiffaney Dunbar
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