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Top 140 Cases

Our website describes only some of the cases that the attorneys at Marks Balette Young & Moss, P.L.L.C. have worked on in the past. The firm’s unparalleled commitment and dedication to excellence has resulted in numerous verdicts and settlements. A few of these are:

1 $160,000,000 81 Beaten by another resident TX
2 $83,000,000 83 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
3 $71,900,000 n/a Understaffing AR
4 $47,500,000 n/a Zurich Insurance Partner w/ NH Chain TX
5 $23,000,000 30 Product liability TX
6 $13,500,000 90 Pressure sores TX
7 $12,000,000 44 Improper intubation TX
8 $9,750,000 72 Pressure sores, dehydration and pain TX
9 $8,352,979 60 Cardiac tamponade OK
10 $6,970,000 66 Pressure sores and infections TX
11 $6,000,000 77 Restraint asphyxiation TX
12 $5,700,000 70 Pressure sores TX
13 $5,400,000 46 Fournier’s gangrene (penis) and death WA
14 $5,400,000 93 Pressure sores TX
15 $5,300,000 89 Pressure sores, dehydration and pain TX
16 $5,000,000 99 Senior Living Center, Abandonment AZ
17 $5,000,000 88 Pressure sores, pain and dehydration TX
18 $5,000,000 74 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
19 $5,000,000 79 Pressure sores TX
20 $5,000,000 72 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
21 $4,750,000 92 Pressure sores and pain TX
22 $4,700,000 86 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
23 $4,600,000 87 Abuse, fractures TX
24 $4,250,000 69 Pressure sores and pain TX
25 $4,100,000 64 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
26 $4,000,000 83 Fecal Impaction OK
27 $4,000,000 61 Rape TX
28 $4,000,000 97 Pressure sores with maggots TX
29 $4,000,000 66 Asphyxiation TX
30 $3,900,000 75 Dehydration TX
31 $3,850,000 82 Pressure sores TX
32 $3,825,000 91 Pressure sores and infection TX
33 $3,825,000 87 Pressure sores, malnutrition and pain TX
34 $3,750,000 62 Pressure sore and pain AR
35 $3,600,000 77 Trucking accident AR
36 $3,600,000 73 Pressure sores, dehydration and pain TX
37 $3,500,000 Pressure sores TX
38 $3,500,000 73 Dehydration and pain TX
39 $3,500,000 81 Dehydration and pain TX
40 $3,450,000 86 Pressure sores and pain WA
41 $3,400,000 55 Pipeline rupture caused hearing loss TX
42 $3,400,000 52 Workplace injury TX
43 $3,100,000 81 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
44 $3,000,000 81 Pressure sores and sepsis KY
45 $3,000,000 58 Pressure sores and pain KY
46 $3,000,000 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
47 $3,000,000 86 Pressure sores, dehydration and pain TX
48 $3,000,000 58 Pressure sores, infection and pain KY
49 $2,950,000 89 Pressure sores and dehydration OK
50 $2,950,000 86 Pressure sores TX
51 $2,900,000 87 Pressure sores and pain TX
52 $2,900,000 82 Pressure sores TX
53 $2,875,000 74 Pressure sores and infection TX
54 $2,800,000 83 Pressure sores, dehydration, and falls TX
55 $2,800,000 80 Pressure sores TN
56 $2,776,396 76 Gangrene TN
57 $2,750,000 97 Pressure sore and infection KY
58 $2,650,000 81 Pressure sores and pain NC
59 $2,634,404 45 Pressure sores and infection TX
60 $2,600,000 85 Pressure sores, dehydration and pain AL
61 $2,600,000 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
62 $2,500,000 78 Fecal impaction, dehydration OK
63 $2,500,000 78 Ventilator death TX
64 $2,500,000 86 Pressure sores and pain TX
65 $2,500,000 88 Fecal impaction and dehydration TX
66 $2,500,000 82 Falls TX
67 $2,500,000 87 Pressure sores TX
68 $2,500,000 80 Asphyxiation TX
69 $2,500,000 74 Pressure sores and sepsis TX
70 $2,475,000 86 Cardiac arrest TX
71 $2,400,000 85 Fall, Subdural hematoma, pneumonia OK
72 $2,360,000 86 Falls and subdural hematoma TX
73 $2,325,000 Pressure sores TX
74 $2,300,000 76 Aspiration TN
75 $2,300,000 74 Pressure sores and infection TX
76 $2,300,000 85 Pressure sores TX
77 $2,250,100 51 Lithium toxicity death TX
78 $2,250,000 81 Pressure sores TX
79 $2,250,000 80 Pressure sores TX
80 $2,137,500 87 Pressure sores TX
81 $2,100,000 91 Pressure sores and dehydration TX
82 $2,100,000 89 Pressure sore TX
83 $2,100,000 Misplaced G-Tube TX
84 $2,000,000 84 Dehydration and fractures TX
85 $2,000,000 70 Pressure sores and infection KY
86 $2,000,000 74 Respiratory failure and UTI sepsis TX
87 $2,000,000 Alive Pressure sores and falls TX
88 $2,000,000 77 Pressure sore TX
89 $2,000,000 74 Pressure sore TX
90 $2,000,000 77 Pressure sores and infection TX
91 $2,000,000 81 Dehydration TX
92 $2,000,000 82 Pressure sores AL
93 $1,975,000 Pressure sores TX
94 $1,950,000 82 Pressure sores and dehydration TN
95 $1,900,000 74 Dehydration TN
96 $1,850,000 58 Pressure sore and sepsis TX
97 $1,850,000 Renal failure and dehydration TX
98 $1,790,000 86 Pressure sores WA
99 $1,700,000 73 Pressure sores and pain TX
100 $1,650,000 81 Pressure sores and infection WA
101 $1,600,000 91 Pressure sores TX
102 $1,500,000 Pressure sores and pain TX
103 $1,500,000 81 Anaphylactic shock TX
104 $1,500,000 46 Pressure sores TX
105 $1,500,000 65 Pressure sores NC
106 $1,500,000 71 Pressure sores and dehydration TN
107 $1,500,000 44 Improper intubation TX
108 $1,475,000 85 Pressure sores and aspiration WI
109 $1,475,000 Pressure sores TX
110 $1,400,000 73 Pressure sores TX
111 $1,350,000 93 Pressure sores and infection KY
112 $1,350,000 86 Pressure sores WI
113 $1,300,000 89 Dual leg fractures TX
114 $1,300,000 91 Pressure sore TX
115 $1,300,000 89 Pressure sores and falls TX
116 $1,250,000 Infections and pain TX
117 $1,200,000 66 Asphyxiation TN
118 $1,200,000 85 Dehydration TX
119 $1,200,000 73 Pressure sores and dehydration KY
120 $1,200,000 79 Pressure sores NC
121 $1,200,000 69 Dehydration TX
122 $1,200,000 Pressure sores and contractures TX
123 $1,100,000 84 Fall, Subdural hematoma NM
124 $1,100,000 57 Pressure sores AL
125 $1,100,000 80 Pressure sores TX
126 $1,035,000 88 Urosepsis and gangrene TX
127 $1,000,000 Pressure sores TX
128 $1,000,000 92 Subdural hematoma KY
129 $1,000,000 95 Pressure sores KY
130 $1,000,000 75 Pressure sores NC
131 $1,000,000 87 Pressure sores and infection WI
132 $1,000,000 68 Pressure sore and dehydration KY
133 $1,000,000 93 Pressure sore TX
134 $1,000,000 81 Pressure sore TX
135 $1,000,000 80 Pressure sores TX
136 $1,000,000 88 Malnutrition and pressure sores TX
137 $1,000,000 81 Renal failure and sepsis TX
138 $1,000,000 90 Aspiration pneumonia and dehydration IA
139 $1,000,000 85 Fall, UTIs OK
140 $1,000,000 72 18-Wheeler Intersection Collision TX
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CASE HIGHLIGHT #1 Record Setting Settlement Announced ($23 million awarded for injuries causing paralysis)

HOUSTON – On August 3, 2009, the 2nd Judicial District Court of Cherokee County,  Texas approved a record-setting settlement totaling $23,215,206.57 for a 32-year-old man who suffered paralysis when a defective air jack exploded while he was performing routine maintenance at the Stryker Creek Power plant in Cherokee County. According to Verdict  Search, the settlement is the largest reported settlement in the United States involving a single individual suffering from quadriplegia.

CASE HIGHLIGHT #2 Largest Nursing Home Corporation in US Found Guilty of Gross Neglect and Causing Resident Death

Ruth Waites, an 83 year old dependent diabetic, was admitted to the Borger Nursing Center in June of 1993. She died on 10/29/94 suffering from a Stage 4 decubitis ulcer. It was alleged the pressure sore was due to neglect in the nursing home. They further claimed intentional fraud caused widespread injury to other similarly situated residents.

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CASE HIGHLIGHT #3 Fourth Largest Nursing Home Chain Found Negligent in Case of Resident Death

On April 14, 2001, Marie Frances Larson, 77, was found hanged to death in a wheelchair lap restraint at Edgewater Care Center in Kerriville. Mrs. Larson’s daughter, Patricia Marie Schieber, sued Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc. for negligence asserting that Mrs. Larson was placed in the restraint without consent or physician’s order and was not properly monitored. The plantif was awarded $6,000,000 in this case.

Our Other Notable Cases

Settlements and verdicts in all cases depend on various factors and circumstances which are unique to each case. Therefore, past results in cases are not a guarantee or prediction of similar results in future cases which Marks Balette Giessel & Young may undertake.

Father fell 50 times in two years, son alleged

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS  Plaintiffs’ decedent Billy Hughes, 82, resided at Childress Healthcare Center from Jan. 1, 1998, until his death, on Dec. 26, 1999, He fell there at least 50 times, and 37 of the falls were unwitnessed.  Alleging that the nursing home’s negligence caused Hughes’ falls, injuries and death, his estate and adult son…

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Understaffed facility neglected mother, children claimed

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS  Plaintiffs’ decedent Myrtle Faye Reed, 89, resided at Palacios Healthcare Center from 1991 until July 2000. Her diagnoses included cerebrovascular disease, prior fractures, gastric diverticulum, arthritis, seizure disorder, anemia and urinary retention.  Alleging that the nursing home’s negligence caused Reed to sustain injuries, her estate and three adult children sued Senior Living…

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Staff allegedly failed to treat resident’s pressure sores

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS  Plaintiff’s decedent Lee Smith, 87, resided at Lindale Healthcare Center from Oct. 21, 1997, until Dec. 29, 1999. On admission, his diagnoses were arthritis, hypertension, prior hernia repair and dementia.  Alleging that Smith suffered injuries, including pressure sores, as a result of the facility’s neglect, his estate and his adult son sued…

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Estate of Leo Francis Tenczynski

The plaintiffs alleged that Tenczynski died of system failure secondary to insect envenomation, suffering thousands of fire ant bites. There was also evidence that he had no appreciable hydration for six days after the attack, during which time he was heavily medicated. Nissi contended that his death resulted form extra stress caused by this alleged…

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Elderly man asphyxiated by nursing home restraints

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS On August 10, 2000 the plaintiffs’ decedent, Robert Parks, 80, suffered death by strangulation after being strapped into his wheelchair at Southwood Nursing Home in College Station. Parks had been admit ted to Southwood seven days earlier for physical therapy, and had attempted to leave. In order to prevent him from attempting…

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SETTLEMENT $5,300,000

FACTS The plaintiff was the estate of Gertrude Hollins, who died at age 89 after residing in a Longview nursing home for 32 months. Hollins’ nephew, on behalf of her estate, sued the owners and managers of Cleaver Memorial Convalescent Centers, as well as numerous affiliated companies; five nurse employees; a registered dietician whose identity…

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Texas Law Firm Obtains $9.5 Million Settlement in Death Cases

Two nursing homes in Texas have recently agreed to pay a total of $9.5 million to settle separate wrongful death actions. Attorneys with The Marks Law Firm in Houston represented the families in both cases. Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Earl Dixon v. South Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center et al., No.…

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Frances Gross vs. Horizons/CMS Healthcare Corporation

Type of Claim NURSING HOME NEGLIGENCE – Frances Gross was admitted to Heritage Park Nursing Home operated by Horizons/CMS Healthcare Corporation on March 23, 1995. At the time of admission, she was 72 and totally dependent, having suffered three strokes over the past two years and had a small pressure sore on her coccyx. She…

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Lynn Fitzhugh, Individually and As Representative of Geraldine Jones Pyle, Deceased vs. Telesis/Walnut Place Nursing Home, Inc.

Type of Claim — Nursing Home Negligence/Malpractice – On February 24, 1996, Geraldine Jones Pyle was found dead in her room at Defendant’s nursing home facility, Walnut Place, from strangulation due to vest restraints. Mrs. Pyle was a resident at the facility from November 1995 until her death on February 24, 1996.  Plaintiffs alleged numerous…

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