Case Results - Product Liability, Auto / Car Accident, and More

Wistow & Barylick, in Providence, Rhode Island, has an outstanding record of success. Our attorneys have secured numerous judgments and settlements in excess of $1 million each. The following cases are a representative sampling of the firm's achievements listed by practice area.

Product Liability

$20 million for twin newborns exposed to a hazardous drug during mother's pregnancy;

$1.1 million for family of woman killed in kerosene heater fire.

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Auto Accident

$3.1 million for family of physician killed in car accident;

$1.4 million for family of deceased 18-year-old killed in single-vehicle rollover;

$1.8 million for physician's wife injured in auto accident.

Speak with a Rhode Island car accident attorney; contact Wistow and Barylick.

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Legal Malpractice

$1.9 million against defense counsel for negligent representation in tort case.

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Insurance Bad Faith

$14 million dollars in excess judgment against real estate management company satisfied by payment in suit against insurance carrier and defense counsel.

$5 million for insured for insurance company's refusal to settle within policy limits;

$5.9 million for insurance company's refusal to defend its insured.

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Medical Malpractice

$2.3 million for wrongful death of a 46 year old woman arising from emergency room’s failure to diagnose intestinal blockage;

$1 million for widower of 57-year-old woman who died after failed diagnosis of abdominal ischemia;

$3.2 million for delayed diagnosis of brain tumor, resulting in blindness;

$3 million for newborn baby brain-injured by contraindicated drug therapy;

$2.675 million for a physician following failure to diagnose a vascular injury;

$2 million for survivors of delayed-diagnosis cancer victim;

$2 million for birth injuries resulting in cerebral palsy;

$1 million for family of man brain-injured during spinal surgery;

$1.85 million for man cognitively impaired following neurosurgery;

$1.65 million for brain-injured newborn;

$1 million for young stroke victim injured by birth control pills;

$2 million for brain-injured infant;

$1.75 million for physician who suffered brain injury while undergoing surgery;

$1.6 million for 40-year-old man rendered incontinent from colonoscopy complications;

$1.4 million for 40-year-old woman injured during spinal surgery;

$2 million for brain-damaged neonate;

$1 million for brain-injured infant with cerebral palsy;

$1.9 million for family of 42-year-old man who died after delayed diagnosis of colon cancer;

$1.1 million for death of 50-year-old woman after delayed diagnosis of bowel obstruction;

$1.25 million for death of 43-year-old woman after delayed diagnosis of breast cancer;

$1.25 million for widow of 57-year-old man who died after delayed diagnosis of colon cancer;

$1.5 million for birth injuries as a result of uterine rupture during attempted vaginal delivery following C-section.;

$1.7 million for T-6 paraplegia in 75-year-old woman following improperly performed laminectomy;

$1.8 million for brain-damaged neonate after delayed diagnosis of sepsis;

$1.1 million for death of a 74-year-old widow with no earning capacity following thyroidectomy;

$1.25 Million for parents of an unborn child who died as the result of negligent failure to diagnose and treat placental abruption;

$1.4 million for drug-induced priapism resulting in permanent erectile dysfunction in a 34-year-old man;

$1.75 million for wrongful death of 52-year-old woman resulting from delayed diagnosis of melanoma.

$1 million for a family of a police detective whose suicide with service weapon followed psychiatrist's negligent certification as fit for duty.

Speak with a Rhode Island medical malpractice attorney; contact Wistow and Barylick.

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Clergy Sexual Abuse

$1.325 million for a 15-year-old boy who was sexually abused by clergy.

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Commercial Litigation

$5 million against insurance company for bad-faith refusal to settle;

$1.2 million for developer in real estate dispute;

$1.85 million for victim of fraud in art investment scheme;

$1.1 million for game inventors whose trade secrets were misappropriated.

$1.3 million for executive for breach of employment contract by employer.

$1.75 million to ex-CEO for his corporation's breach of stock option agreement

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Social Worker/Adoption Malpractice

$3.8 million for misrepresentation of medical/psychiatric background information in adoption placement;

$1.05 million for misrepresentation of medical/psychiatric background information in adoption placement;

$1.1 million for misrepresentation of medical/psychiatric background information in adoption placement.

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Wrongful Death

$2.1 million for wrongful death of a 69 year old retired woman who suffered bowel perforation during laparoscopic hernia repair.

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