Client Stories

$23,100,000 Medical Malpractice

Attorneys Travis Brennan and Chuck Hehmeyer obtained a historic $23.1 million medical malpractice verdict for a client who suffered permanent paralysis due to multiple missed diagnoses.

$17,000,000 Medical Malpractice

A Kennebec County jury awarded $17 million to a Maine woman whose bladder was mistakenly removed during surgery intended to remove a benign ovarian cyst. Berman & Simmons attorneys Travis M. Brennan and Susan A. Faunce represented the plaintiff in the medical malpractice case.

$25,000,000 Trucking Accident

Record-setting jury verdict following a 2-week trial in federal court for a motorcyclist who was catastrophically injured in a crash with a tractor-trailer.

$23,250,000 Wrongful Death

Maine's highest wrongful death settlement to date.

$22,500,000 Personal Injury

One of the largest jury verdicts in New England, won for an electrical lineman who suffered bilateral below-the-knee amputations.

$17,500,000 Catastrophic Injuries

Settlement for a client arising from catastrophic injuries leaving him permanently disabled.

$14,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis causes death of a child.

$10,000,000 Commercial Vehicle Accident Settlement

$10,000,000 Personal Injury - Motor Vehicle Collision

Settlement for pedestrian who lost a limb when hit by a car.

$10,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed diagnosis of genetic disease causes brain injury.

$9,900,000 Medical Malpractice

Delay in diagnosis of a metabolic disorder causing a brain injury.

$9,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Spinal epidural abscess causes paralysis.

$9,250,000 Medical Malpractice

Client paralyzed because of delay in diagnosis.

$9,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Wrong site surgery leads to paralysis.

$8,985,000 Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury

Record-setting medical malpractice verdict for a woman whose newborn suffered cerebral palsy and brain damage due to negligence during delivery.

$8,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Client suffered stroke due to medical error.

$8,250,000 Medical Malpractice

Unanimous jury verdict for child who suffered hypoxic brain injury and cortical visual impairment due to medical malpractice.

$8,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Child brain injury.

$7,900,000 Medical Malpractice

Record jury verdict for birth injury due to medical malpractice during labor and delivery.

$7,200,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed diagnosis results in stroke.

$6,500,000 Medical Malpractice - Wrongful Death

Verdict for death of 25-year-old man due to misdiagnosis of Lyme Disease.

$6,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a client arising from medical providers’ delay in diagnosis of cancer.

$5,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a child not properly screened for a metabolic disorder.

$5,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a client arising from medical providers’ delay in diagnosis of cancer.

$5,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for undiagnosed spinal fracture that led to paraplegia.

$5,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for incorrect lab result resulting in the birth of child with a fatal disease.

$5,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Unanimous jury verdict in case involving misdiagnosed sepsis.

$4,750,000 Medical Malpractice

Delay in diagnosing cancer.

$4,750,000 Medical Malpractice - Birth Injury

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy sustained during delivery.

$4,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Medical negligence causes visual impairment.

$4,500,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed diagnosis by ER doctors.

$4,200,000 Personal Injury

Verdict for client's serious burn injuries sustained in workplace fire and explosion accident.

$4,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for a client arising from permanent injuries caused by a surgical error.

$4,000,000 Medical Malpractice - Wrongful Death

Fatal misdiagnosis of heart attack.

$4,000,000 Sexual Abuse

Settlement for survivor of childhood sexual abuse in the 2000s.

$3,800,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for fatal fire.

$3,500,000 Sex Abuse

Confidential settlement for survivor of child sex abuse.

$3,500,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for fatal electrocution.

$3,200,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed diagnosis of cancer.

$3,200,000 Medical Malpractice

Surgical error.

$3,000,000 Dump Truck Accident Settlement

$3,000,000 Cement Truck Accident Settlement

$3,000,000 Trucking Accident

Truck collision with a pedestrian.

$3,000,000 Medical Malpractice - Wrongful Death

Settlement related to delays in treatment that led to fatal stroke.

$2,900,000 Tractor Trailer Accident Settlement

$2,500,000 Sex Abuse

Settlement for child sexually assaulted at summer camp.

$2,500,000 Dental Malpractice

Settlement for a client arising from a permanent nerve injury caused by a dental procedure.

$2,500,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for fatal injury of a teenager.

$2,000,000 Medical Malpractice

Jury verdict in favor of 49-year-old man who suffered hand injury due to surgical error.

$1,785,000 Medical Malpractice

Jury verdict for elderly man who suffered a bacterial heart infection because test results were not communicated.

$1,600,000 Personal Injury

Jury verdict in favor of clients who were injured by ceiling collapse.

$1,500,000 Personal Injury

Settlement in a defective product case.

$1,500,000 Personal Injury

Settlement for motor vehicle wrongful death.

$1,500,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for fatal accident.

$1,500,000 Sex Abuse

Settlement for survivor of childhood sexual abuse from the 1980s-1990s.

$1,460,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for man killed in car crash.

$1,400,000 Sex Abuse

Settlement for survivor of childhood sexual abuse in the 1990s.

$1,400,000 Wrongful Death

Verdict for client froze to death after being stranded outside in winter.

$1,300,000 Trucking Accident

Vehicle Accident Settlement - Head on collision.

$1,300,000 Medical Malpractice

Federal Tort Claims Act judgment against the Togus VA Medical Center.

$1,250,000 Personal Injury

Motorcycle Crash Settlement.

$1,200,000 Personal Injury

Motor Vehicle Collision Settlement.

$1,200,000 Personal Injury

Vehicle Accident Settlement.

$1,200,000 Personal Injury

Defective Product Settlement.

$1,200,000 Medical Malpractice

Jury verdict for woman who suffered internal bleeding and scarring due to inadequate treatment.

$1,150,000 Trucking Accident

Settlement for fatal truck accident.

$1,100,000 Medical Malpractice

Jury verdict for woman who suffered electrocautery injury during abdominal surgery.

$1,000,000 Sex Abuse

Verdict for child sex abuse survivor.

$1,000,000 Trucking Accident

Settlement for child injured in trucking collision.

$1,000,000 Personal Injury

Vehicle Accident: Head-on collision.

$1,000,000 Personal Injury

Motorcycle Accident: Partial foot amputation.

$1,000,000 Trucking Accident

Settlement for injuries by commercial truck.

$1,000,000 Sex Abuse

Confidential settlement for survivor of child sex abuse.