Case Results
The following are some examples of the cases which Breakstone, White & Gluck, P.C. (formerly Breakstone, White-Lief & Gluck, P.C.) has handled. These reports illustrate the variety of catastrophic personal injury cases we handle, including medical malpractice, automobile accidents, and police misconduct, as well as insurance bad faith settlements.
Follow the link for each report for full case reports and opinions.
| Type of Case | Result | |
| Medical Malpractice Cases | ||
| Paramedic Negligence - Failure to Treat Infant with Febrile Seizures | $10,200,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Anesthesia Complications, Severe Infant Brain Injury | $7,500,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Ovarian Cancer, Wrongful Death | $3,000,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose Neck Injury | $2,050,000 | Details |
| Anesthesia Malpractice - Brain injury and wrongful death | $2,040,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Medication overdose, wrongful death | $2,000,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer | $1,900,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Surgeon leaves operating room, nerve damage | $1,250,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Botched spinal fusion resulting in severe nerve damage | $1,100,000 | Details |
| Medical Negligence - Blindness from untreated sinus infection | $1,000,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Failed spinal fusion with reflex sympathetic dystrophy | $800,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Negligent failure to prevent suicide | $675,000 | Details |
| Medical Negligence - Failure to diagnose meningitis; wrongful death | $550,000 | Details |
| Negligent Prescription of Anti-Anxiety Medication - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - Permanent Scarring | $550,000 | Details |
| Wrongful Death - Failure to diagnose respiratory distress | $450,000 | Details |
| Medical Negligence - Malpractice resulting in radial nerve injury | $400,000 | Details |
| Medical Negligence - Urinary tract (ureter) injury during hysterectomy | $400,000 | Details |
| Medical Malpractice - Failure to diagnose skin cancer on cheek | $300,000 | Details |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | ||
| Bus Accident - Bus Runs Over Pedestrian | $3,987,000 | Details |
| Truck Accident - Car Struck by Truck, Plaintiff Suffers Multiple Injuries | $2,500,000 | Details |
| Automobile Accident - Multiple Fractures | $1,725,000 | Details |
| Car Accident - Pedestrian suffered knee injury requiring multiple surgeries | $1,200,000 | Details |
| Car Accident - Pedestrian suffered head injury and leg fractures | $1,100,000 | Details |
| Uninsured Motorist - Multiple Plaintiffs, Connecticut Case | $1,018,500 | Details |
| Car Accident - Restaurant serves drunk driver, severe skull fractures | $1,000,000 | Details |
| Automobile Accident - Multiple Fractures | $1,000,000 | Details |
| Automobile Accident - Leg Fracture and Psychological Injury | $750,000 | Details |
| Car Accident - Leg and Ankle Fractures | $750,000 | Details |
| Personal Injury - High speed truck collision resulting in an automobile accident | $575,000 | Details |
| Car Accident - Head-on collision, traumatic brain injury | $477,989 | Details |
| Construction Site and Premises Liability | ||
| Crane Accident - Conscious pain and suffering and wrongful death | $1,350,000 | Details |
| Premises Liability - Multiple fractures caused by stair collapse | $900,000 | Details |
| Premises Liability - Slip and Fall on Defective Stairs | $445,000 | Details |
| Construction Accident - Spinal fracture with surgery | $390,000 | Details |
| Construction Accident - Back Injury | $350,000 | Details |
| Construction Accident - Wrist Fracture | $350,000 | Details |
| Product Liability Cases | ||
| Product Liability - Hand injury due to defective machine. | $180,000 | Details |
| Spinal Cord Injury Cases | ||
| Spinal Cord Injury - Botched Spinal Fusion Resulting in Severe Nerve Damage | $1,100,000 | Details |
| Spinal Cord Injury - Failed Spinal Fusion with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | $800,000 | Details |
| Dog Attack Cases | ||
| Dog Bite - Severe face injury from dog bite, scarring, emotional distress | $450,000 | Details |
| Dog Bite - Bite on ankle of elderly woman leads to infection, sepsis, wrongful death | $300,000 | Details |
| Dog Attack - Eye Injury to Minor Plaintiff | $200,000 | Details |
| Bicycle Accident - Dog chases cyclist causing crash and multiple injuries | $170,000 | Details |
| Other Cases | ||
| Ski Accident - resulting in traumatic brain injury | $800,000 | Details |
| Insurance Bad Faith - Failure to Settle Automobile Accident Case | $670,000 | Details |
| Police Misconduct - Arbitration Award | $517,486 | Details |
| Product Liability - Severe Hand Injury Caused by Missing Guard | $180,000 | Details |
| Race Discrimination - Workplace employment discrimination case | $130,904 and attorney fees of $108,774 | Details |
