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RESULT

38,000,000

CASE

Asbestos Exposure

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The Industrial Pumps and Valves Case

We were co-counsel to a 74-year-old former millwright and maintenance man who had worked for decades with asbestos-contaminated products in chemical and plastics plants, and developed a rare and potentially fatal form of cancer.

RESULT

14,000,000

CASE

Premises Liability

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The Bungee Jump Case

It was during the evening on August 10, 1993. It had just started to rain at the bungee jump in North Myrtle Beach, SC but the operators did not cancel the jump.

RESULT

14,000,000

CASE

Asbestos Exposure

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The Polyester Fiber Manufacturing Case

Dennis Seay, a maintenance worker, developed cancer as a result of being exposed to asbestos while working at the Celanese plant in Spartanburg, SC, in the 1970’s.

RESULT

5,750,000

CASE

Products Liability

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The Laundry Lift Case

The case was about a young man who was catastrophically injured and paralyzed when his neck was broken after being hit on the head by a 200 pound bag of laundry, which fell 15 feet from a lifting device.

RESULT

2,900,000

CASE

Catastrophic Car Accident

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The Stop Sign Case

Our client here was a woman who suffered severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident caused by a negligent driver who blew through a stop sign at an intersection with a 55 mile-per-hour roadway.

RESULT

2,000,000

CASE

Medical Malpractice

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The da Vinci Robotics Case

We recently represented a gentleman with prostate cancer who elected to have his prostatectomy (surgical removal of the prostate) performed in a robotic fashion.

RESULT

1,954,239

CASE

Medical Malpractice

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The Total Knee Replacement Case

We represented a 65- year-old man who had longstanding osteoarthritis, causing him significant knee pain while moving. He went to see an orthopaedic surgeon who recommended total knee replacement.

RESULT

1,925,000

CASE

Products Liability

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The Nip Point Case

Jimmy had been on the job for five months in the plant in the small South Carolina town, operating a sophisticated machine that made erosion control blankets and was injured by an unguarded nip point.

RESULT

1,500,000

CASE

Medical Malpractice

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Pulmonary Embolism Case

Theile McVey, personal injury attorney with the law firm Kassel McVey, Attorneys at Law, recently represented a client whose family member was a victim of medical malpractice.

RESULT

750,000

CASE

Medical Malpractice

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The Compartment Syndrome Case

We had the opportunity to be involved in a case involving another type of communication problem that caused permanent neurological damage to a man who had undergone what should have been fairly routine knee surgery.

RESULT

745,000

CASE

Hospital Negligence

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The Absent Doctor Case

A patient showed signs of a stroke. Her attending nurse noticed these symptoms and called the physician to evaluate the patient. Despite the nurse’s repeated calls, the doctor never came.

RESULT

550,000

CASE

Medical Malpractice

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The Brain Damage Case

We represented a client whose wife was a victim of wrongful death due to medical malpractice. We successfully achieved for him a settlement of $550,000.

RESULT

495,000

CASE

Premises Liability

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The Batting Practice Case

In one case we handled, our client’s high school-age son was severely injured during batting practice. Through our representation, the boy’s parent obtained a settlement of $495,000.

RESULT

300,000

CASE

Products Liability

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The Pasta Machine Case

We represented a worker who was severely injured on a machine designed to place containers of pasta noodles into shipping cartons. We filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and the distributor of the product.

RESULT

232,000

CASE

Nursing Home Accident

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The Nursing Home Fall Case

In April of 2013, Kassel McVey sought a jury verdict in a nursing home fall case in Newberry County. The jury awarded $232,000 in wrongful death damages.

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