Perkins v Peacehealth, April 5, 2004

After a week of trial in Eugene, Oregon, where the defendant, Peacehealth, owns the local hospital, a jury of Lane County citizens unanimously found Peacehealth negligent in causing the death of a 65 year old professional musician, Duane Perkins. The verdict of nearly $645,000 was for the full amount of damages sought by the plaintiff, Sally Perkins, who was represented by Dave Miller of Miller & Wagner.

The verdict received front page coverage in the local Eugene, Oregon paper, The Register Guard, which summarized the facts of the case and highlighted the fact the verdict came after only 45 minutes of jury deliberations. Click here to read the article. Mr. Miller relied upon expert witnesses from Oregon only who carefully and thoroughly pointed out to the jury where mr. Perkins received inadequate care and why that care caused Mr. Perkins to die prematurely. The unanimous verdict clearly is a reflection of the quality of the testimony offered by Mr. Miller.

Other Settlements

$3.3 million for "bad baby" case

$1.2 million for surgical negligence case

$750,000 for failure to diagnose cancer

$450,000 for wrongful death of child

$350,000 for failure to diagnose heart condition

$375,000 for failure to diagnose heart condition

$150,000 for failure to diagnose rare cancer

$300,000 for improper touching of patient by physician

$680,000 for death caused by surgical complication

In addition to the above cases, the lawyers at Miller & Wagner have obtained many other results for clients with significant injuries caused by medical negligence.