Verdicts & Settlements
10-05-2009 |
$2 MILLION PHARMACIST VERDICT AFFIRMED BY MA SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
OCTOBER 5, 2009 UPDATE! MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT UNANIMOUSLY AFFIRMS $1 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND $733,000 IN FRONT PAY DAMAGES TO PHARMACIST CINDY HADDAD. THERE IS JUSTICE!!! CONGRATULATIONS CINDY!
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11-20-2008 |
Attorney Fradette Wins $1.8 Million Verdict Against Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic In Concord, N.H.
A 78 year old male diagnosed with coronary artery disease underwent triple coronary artery bypass surgery on March 7, 2001. The surgery was successful. Within 65 hours of discharge, the patient suffered a massive right hemispheric stroke causing serious left sided deficits. Plaintiffs proved that the patient was discharged too soon following the surgery, without proper anticoagulation, and without a monitor to ascertain whether he remained in sinus rhythm or reverted to atrial fibrillation.
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11-20-2008 |
Attorney Fradette Wins $2 Million Verdict For Pharmacist Against Wal-Mart.
OCTOBER 5, 2009 UPDATE! MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT UNANIMOUSLY AFFIRMS $1 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND $733,000 IN FRONT PAY DAMAGES TO PHARMACIST HADDAD. THERE IS JUSTICE!!! CONGRATULATIONS CINDY!
Pharmacist Cindy Haddad alleged that Wal-Mart (WM) discriminated against her in wages and enforcement of WM policies (as compared to male pharmacy managers) and wrongfully terminated her under the pretext of having violated an ambiguous WM policy. WM fired Cindy, a 10 year dedicated employee, after a 45 minute “investigation” conducted by a non-pharmacist District Manager who had been promoted to the position just two weeks earlier and who had no experience whatsoever in the practice of pharmacy. Cindy is grateful to the jury. WM should be too…the jury could have reasonably awarded more!
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11-20-2008 |
Attorney Fradette Wins $25,037.06 Defamation Verdict For Medicine World Pharmacy in Nashua, NH
This case involved a pharmacist filling prescriptions for patients who were members of Mathew Thornton Health Plan and then submitting claims to MTHP for payment. MTHP denied the claims and sent a letter to each customer stating that Medicine World Pharmacy had “unlawfully” filled their prescriptions. We claimed this was untrue and was damaging to Medicine World's reputation. The only provable “damage” was the $37.06 that the pharmacy was out-of-pocket for the cost of the medication. The jury awarded $25,037.06 and Medicine World made its point!
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11-20-2008 |
Attorney Fradette Wins $375,000 Verdict Against CMC Hospital In Manchester, N.H.
A male phlebotomist attempting to draw blood from a patient in the ER at CMC hospital was deliberately stuck by the needle being used in the procedure. The patient was HIV and Hep C positive, so this presented a serious threat to the phlebotomist's health. The phlebotomist was terminated shortly after hiring Attorney Fradette to investigate whether a claim could be brought on his behalf. Attorney Fradette developed a case proving that the CMC nursing staff did not adequately warn and assist the phlebotomist so as to avoid the incident. CMC defended its nursing staff asserting that it had no obligation to warn or assist.
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11-20-2008 |
Attorney Fradette Wins $480,000 Verdict In Manchester, N.H.
This case involved claims for wrongful termination, violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and disability discrimination pursuant to RSA 354-A. Cheryl Sweeney was employed as a Purchasing Clerk/Junior Buyer for Granite State Manufacturing (“GSM”) from January of 1999 until August 8, 2001. She was terminated in a 10 person Reduction In Force from this 100 employee company. Cheryl was a Type I insulin-dependent "brittle" diabetic. Just months prior to her termination, she was scheduled for a kidney transplant.
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