HMO/Health Insurance Bad Faith
Jury Verdict: Amount Confidential
Jury Verdict against the Nation’s largest health insurance company, Anthem Blue Cross, for wrongful denial of a liver transplant. After a month of trial and less than two days of deliberations, the jury determined that Blue Cross breached its contract when it refused to cover a liver transplant needed by Domine Adams client Ephram Nehme. The jury also determined that Blue Cross acted in bad faith in denying the transplant. The Court adopted the jury's verdict in ruling that Blue Cross committed unfair business practices. Blue Cross was ordered to pay for the $206,000.00 cost of the transplant and all legal fees and costs incurred by Mr. Nehme.
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Defamation / Breach of Contract
Judgment: $20,015,777.00
Judgment against ex-employee of nationwide general contracting firm who embarked on vindictive defamation campaign against former employer when employee was terminated for misrepresenting his level of experience. Domine Adams immediately obtained an injunction prohibiting any further defamatory statements, and subsequently obtained a $20,015,777.00 judgment against former employee.
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Homeowner Association Law / Construction Defect
Settlement: $4,300,000.00
Recovery by Homeowner Association against construction professionals responsible for waterproofing a six story, mixed use building with leaking windows and roof, resulting in mold.
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Homeowner Association Law / Construction Defect
Settlement: $1,300,000.00
Recovery against construction professionals responsible for framing issues in an eight building Condominium Association.
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Serious Personal Injury
Judgment: $1,251,886.00
Judgment against recreational sporting arena for negligent security, hiring and supervision.
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Homeowner Association Law / Construction Defect
Settlement: $633,250.00
Recovery by Homeowner Association against construction professionals responsible for waterproofing four three-story townhouse units with subterranean parking.
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Wrongful Death
Settlement: $545,000.00
Confidential settlement in wrongful death suit against manufacturer and supplier of diet drug.
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Homeowner Association Law
Settlement: $386,000.00
Recovery by Homeowner Association against construction professionals responsible for installing a new roof at the Association. Association's demand at mediation was $386,000.
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Premises Liability
Settlement: $385,000.00
Settlement against residential apartment complex for trip and fall. Client sustained fractured ribs, shoulder injury and head trauma (subdural hematoma).
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Construction Defect
Judgment: $285,638.00
Judgment against tile contractor for negligent installation of tile and fraudulent misrepresentation of contractor license status.
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Construction Defect
Settlement: $220,000.00
Settlement Against Residential Developer for Faulty Construction
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Serious Personal Injury
Settlement: $150,000.00
Clients sustained substantial injuries after an automobile collided with their motorcycle.
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Premises Liability
Settlement: $115,000.00
Settlement in trip and fall incident. Plaintiff is a brain injured adult and Defendant is a facility that caters exclusively to brain injured adults. While attempting to enter Defendant's facility, Plaintiff tripped over a wooden handicap ramp causing her to fall and sustain injuries including a fractured wrist which required an open fixation device. Defendant argued contributory negligence due to Plaintiff's pre-existing physical condition. A defense eye witness also testified that Plaintiff did not come into contact with the ramp when she fell.
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Workplace Harassment & Discrimination
Settlement: $105,000.00
Confidential settlement against employer for retaliation, wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee.
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Breach of Contract
Trial: $102,194.00
Breach of contract action on behalf of Archer Daniels Midland against a vegetable oil supplier for the supplier’s failure to pay for a rail car of vegetable oil. After trial, the Federal Court ruled that the supplier breached the contract and awarded ADM the full price of the rail car.
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Workplace Harassment & Discrimination
Settlement: $80,000.00
Confidential settlement against employer for sexual harassment by way of improper comments to employee.
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Premises Liability
Settlement: $45,000.00
Settlement against commercial business for minor injuries sustained as a result of slip and fall.
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Entertainment Litigation
Settlement: $27,500.00
Settlement in addition to past and future royalties and a gold record in an entertainment litigation action involving alleged misappropriation of songs by gold recording artists.
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