Verdicts & Settlements

Our results say it best

Since we opened our doors to help Texans and their families obtain the compensation they deserve, Eberstein & Witherite has won millions of dollars for our clients. Prompt, personal service, preparation, and performance are the hallmarks of our firm and our results say it best. At times through a jury trial, at other times through skilled settlement negotiation, our firm has helped many injured due to the negligence or intentional acts of others receive compensation for medical bills, lost wages, lost earnings capacity, and pain and suffering. In this manner, our firm has earned a solid reputation for unmatched personal service, timely resolution, and results.

While no attorney can ever guarantee that your case will result in certain victory or that you will recover a particular amount, Eberstein & Witherite, LLP, does guarantee that our team will use its skill, knowledge, experience, determination, and considerable resources to aggressively pursue the best verdict or settlement the law and particular facts of your case will allow.

Listed below are just a few of the verdicts and settlements we have won for our Texas clients, both through negotiation and litigation at all levels of the Texas state and federal courts. These are a few of our many clients who have benefited from a Texas personal injury and business litigation law firm with the skill, unwavering dedication, and resources to confront any wrongdoer, be it an individual, large corporation, or mammoth insurance company. Our results say it best.

$8.06 million

Settlement

07/19/07

Our business litigation team negotiated a settlement of over $8 million for a longstanding vendor of Texas Instruments products. Texas Instruments had breached its contract with our client. The case was settled just one business day after our firm filed the lawsuit in court.

$3.6 million

Settlement

07/23/07

Our efforts on behalf of the surviving family members of an elderly man who became a double amputee due to neglect and abuse at three different nursing homes in Fort Worth resulted in a recovery of over $1.7 million. The sum was just compensation for the injury suffered when the patient’s multiple pressure ulcers became gangrenous and required amputation.

$3.6 million

Settlement

07/19/07

Our team of medical malpractice attorneys helped obtain a $3.6 million settlement for the family of an elderly nursing home resident after the staff’s failure to provide proper care resulted in pressure ulcers, double amputation, and the patient’s eventual death.

$3 million

Settlement

07/23/07

Led by Brian Eberstein, our truck accident litigation team was happy to help the child of a young single parent killed in a collision at an intersection with a commercial vehicle receive just compensation of over $3 million. Working closely with an expert accountant, we were able to develop an economic forecast that demonstrated the total current and future financial loss to the deceased’s child.

$1.8 million

Verdict - Judgement entered for $1,696,895.50

03/24/08

Eberstein & Witherite represented a family awarded $1.8 million in damages for the death of 78-year old man caused by medical error. In a lawsuit filed against a rehab center, his family claims the man was administered the medication Ativan twice during the course of treatment for a fracture, despite both his chart and wristband noting he was allergic to the medication.

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$1.75 million

Verdict

07/23/07

We won a $1.75 million recovery for the family of a man who suffered a devastating stroke, which an emergency department failed to timely diagnose or treat. Rather, the examining physician diagnosed the patient with pneumonia and discharged him. Three other law firms refused to take the case before our team agreed to help the family protect their legal rights.

$1.725 million

Settlement

07/23/07

We obtained a wrongful death recovery of $859,792.41 for the three adult children of a woman who suffocated due to an improperly monitored trachea at a Dallas hospital.

$1.625 million

Settlement

07/23/07

Our efforts on behalf of the three adult sons of an elderly woman recovered $1.625 million to compensate them for the death of their mother following thyroid surgery.

$1.6 million

Settlement

07/23/07

Eberstein & Witherite, LLP, successfully negotiated a $1.6 million settlement to compensate for damages related to the death of our client’s loved one. Tragically, the deceased driver ran out of gas while traveling on a Texas state highway. After he pulled his vehicle into the right lane, he was struck by an oncoming truck. Using sophisticated computer modeling, the engineering experts on our team were able to illustrate how the truck driver should have been able to see and avoid the car.

$1.05 million

Verdict

07/19/07

We successfully convinced a jury to award over $1 million to the surviving spouse and children of a patient whose EKG doctors had failed to properly review and note potential heart problems prior to minor surgery, resulting in complications and death.

$1 million

Settlement

07/23/07

We negotiated a $1 million settlement for the surviving spouse and children of a patient whose headache was misdiagnosed, resulting in a stroke, bleeding on the brain, and eventual death.

$935,000

Settlement

02/09

Our client was hit by a commercial vehicle and had to undergo neck surgery.

$925,000

Verdict

07/23/07

The father of our clients suffered multiple bedsores while a patient in a Texas hospital. For the family, we recovered the remaining available insurance worth $925,000.

$925,000

Settlement

07/23/07

We obtained $925,000.00 for the family members of a man who died after suffering a dozen pressure ulcers due to nursing home abuse and neglect. The nursing home paid its policy limits to resolve the case.

$877,965

Settlement

07/23/07

We helped a stroke victim recover $877,965 in damages after the emergency room physician and nurses at a Dallas hospital misdiagnosed his condition. Our client, a husband and father of two, is now totally disabled. The emergency room physician paid her policy limits to resolve the case.

$850,000

Settlement

07/23/07

In another truck accident case, our client had developed serious back problems after a collision with a commercial truck aggravated his two prior back fusions. We negotiated a favorable settlement of $850,000 that compensated him for his injuries.

$850,000

Settlement

07/23/07

We were glad to help an elderly woman who had five Stage II pressure ulcers as a result of poor care received from a South Texas hospital.

$787,321.79

Settlement

07/23/07

We obtained $787,321.79 for the family of a man killed in an accident with an 18- wheeler in Dallas County.

$750,000

Settlement

07/23/07

We obtained $750,000.00 for the surviving spouse of a woman who died at a Dallas hospital. His wife died because a nurse allowed air to seep into a central line. The case settled less than one year after our the death of our client’s spouse.

$700,000

Settlement

03/01/08

Eberstein & Witherite represented a teen age girl who was involved in a serious automobile accident in which she lost the tips of 4 fingers on her hand. Suit was filed and the case was settled shortly before trial.

$650,000

Settlement

07/23/07

Through our efforts, the adult children of a woman who suffered a pressure ulcer recovered $650,000.00 within six months of the injury. The pressure ulcer was caused by poor care at an East Texas nursing home.

$550,000

Settlement

05/09

Our 26-year old client required low back surgery to repair a damaged disc in his back as a result of his accident.

$500,000

Settlement

07/23/07

We obtained $500,000.00 for a stroke survivor after his family physician failed to timely recognize and diagnose the stroke. The physician paid policy limits just two months after the lawsuit was filed.

$450,000

Settlement

08/28/08

Our firm obtained a settlement on behalf of the family of a diabetic man who presented at a primary care facility with a work related injury to his thumb. This husband and father lost his arm and died due to the failure of the medical professionals to recognize that a diabetic was at a higher risk for a soft tissue infection like necrotizing fasciitis or in failing to diagnose compartment syndrome.

$441,084.21

Verdict

08/27/08

Tried and won a difficult case in Fort Worth against a very large employer, Ben E. Keith, who would not fairly deal with an employee who was hurt on the job.

$316,989.66

Verdict

07/23/07

We obtained $316,989.66 for a car accident client who was hit by an 18-wheeler. Our client had a low back injury but ultimately did not require surgery.

$300,000

Settlement

07/23/07

Our client underwent three back surgeries before he was involved in an accident, which then caused him to undergo another fusion surgery. Our client received over $300,000.

$250,000

Verdict

07/23/07

Our team obtained $250,000.00 for the daughter of an elderly woman after the jury awarded the first jury verdict in a medical malpractice case in Hopkins County in the last decade. Our client’s mother had died after falling several times and finally fracturing her pelvis.

$245,000

Settlement

08/28/08

Our efforts resulted in a settlement on behalf of a woman who’s vehicle was violently impacted when the other driver failed to stop at a stop sign causing her to collide with a tree.

$150,000

Settlement

08/28/08

Our team was able to obtain a settlement for this man who was rear-ended by a railroad employee driver and injured. Our client had just $43,160. in medical expenses.

$100,000

Settlement

08/28/08

Obtained policy limits settlement in a case where the defendant was killed when he crossed over the center line and collided head on causing extensive injuries and damages to our client.

$70,000

Settlement

08/28/08

We settled the claim of a man who was struck by a vehicle towing a trailer when this vehicle used faulty evasive action and struck his vehicle and then continued hitting yet another vehicle. Our client had just $20,544.00 in medical expenses.

$40,000

Settlement

08/27/08

Settled this case of a mis-filled prescription for Coumadin. The pharmacist mistakenly filled the prescription with a 5mg tablet instead of the prescribed 1 mg. tablet causing the patient to bleed internally. Our client had just $6,600. in medical expenses.

$32,000

Settlement

08/28/08

Case settled on behalf of clients traveling from Mexico by bus to the United States when, suddenly and without regard for the well-being of Plaintiffs, the bus driver fell asleep and lost control of the bus. The bus rolled over numerous times before landing upside down in the road.

$20,771.38 plus court costs

Verdict

08/22/08

Convinced a jury to award our client over $20K to compensate her for injuries sustained while she was a passenger in an car that was hit by a vehicle that failed to stop for a stop sign.

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$8.06 million

Settlement

$3.6 million

Settlement

$3.6 million

Settlement

$3 million

Settlement

$1.8 million

Verdict - Judgement entered for $1,696,895.50

$1.75 million

Verdict

$1.725 million

Settlement

$1.625 million

Settlement

$1.6 million

Settlement

$1.05 million

Verdict

$1 million

Settlement

$935,000

Settlement

$925,000

Verdict

$925,000

Settlement

$877,965

Settlement

$850,000

Settlement

$850,000

Settlement

$787,321.79

Settlement

$750,000

Settlement

$700,000

Settlement

$650,000

Settlement

$550,000

Settlement

$500,000

Settlement

$450,000

Settlement

$441,084.21

Verdict

$316,989.66

Verdict

$300,000

Settlement

$250,000

Verdict

$245,000

Settlement

$150,000

Settlement

$100,000

Settlement

$70,000

Settlement

$40,000

Settlement

$32,000

Settlement

$20,771.38 plus court costs

Verdict