$100,000.00 Settlement for Florida woman with painful numb lip and chin following apicoectomy. Plaintiff was a 60ish homemaker who was referred to the defendant endodontist because of continued sensitivity following crown placement on a lower premolar tooth. A conventional root canal procedure was performed and the patient continued to complain of sensitivity. Within six weeks...Read More
$54,000.00 settlement for young man with nerve injury case against Florida dentist after wisdom tooth surgery. Plaintiff was a 21 year old college student when he underwent the removal of one of his lower wisdom teeth for which an adequate consent form was reviewed and signed. There were no untoward effects from this simple extraction....Read More
Manufacturer’s escape from liability for toxic Sargenti paste blamed on legal malpractice of plaintiff’s former counsel; successor counsel settles with dentist for $1,000,000.00; attorney defendant settles legal malpractice action for another $437,500.00 The plaintiff, age twenty-seven in 1984, underwent several endodontic (root-canal) procedures by her general dentist using the controversial filling material variously called Sargenti...Read More
Out of court settlement of $100,000.00 policy limit for woman following 32 year course of periodontal neglect in case against Florida general dentist. Plaintiff was a 55 year old school teacher who had been under the almost continuous care of her general dentist from 1963 until 1995. During her 32 year course of treatment by...Read More
$125,000 pre-trial settlement after 20 years of negligent. Plaintiff was a 45 year old telephone company network technician who had been under the continuous care of his general dentist from 1975 until 1995. Plaintiff was compliant and diligent about his oral hygiene and followed all dental advice by the defendant: when he needed restorations, he...Read More
Plaintiff was a 64 year old former citrus plant packer who had been 100% disabled for a number of years when she visited Dr. M., a general dentist, to have upper and lower partial dentures made. Within a week after the insertion of the lower partial denture, the patient began to complain to the dentist...Read More
Grinding on tooth causes patient to need root canal; $7,000.00 settlement. Plaintiff was a 30 year old pressure cleaning mechanic who underwent the construction of a three unit dental bridge by the defendant general dentist. The temporary bridge came loose shortly before the permanent bridge was to be cemented and the plaintiff walked around without...Read More
Negligence during root canals results in inflammatory reaction in bone leading to failure of bridgework – $50,000 Florida Settlement. The plaintiff; a young attorney, suffered from congenital anodontia (born without many deciduous teeth and permanent tooth buds) and had undergone very sophisticated crown and bridge reconstruction and implants during his life. During a root canal...Read More
Manufacturer’s escape from liability for toxic Sargenti paste blamed on legal malpractice of plaintiff’s former counsel; successor counsel settles with dentist for $1,000,000.00; attorney defendant settles legal malpractice action for another $437,500.00 The plaintiff, age twenty-seven in 1984, underwent several endodontic (root-canal) procedures by her general dentist using the controversial filling material variously called Sargenti...Read More
Improperly contoured crowns and bridges and negligence in performance of root canal by two defendant dentists results in $21,000 Florida settlement. The plaintiff was a forty-five year old retailer who had eight teeth prepared in four quadrants as abutments for four bridges after having periodontal treatment. During the crown and bridge phase of treatment, the...Read More
