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.