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Lung Cancer: $250k

lung cancer

Suffering with lung problems and a history of smoking, our 75-year-old client was sent for diagnostic testing. Despite X-rays and CT scans that were interpreted by three separate doctors at a rural Pittsburgh hospital, our client’s cancerous lung tumor was missed for 8 months. When his lung cancer was finally caught, it was too late and he passed away. The case was filed against the Hospital and three radiologists and was settled on the verge of trial for $250K.

Colon Cancer: $1 Million

colon cancer

At just 41 years old, our client had an established medical history of colon and rectal complaints including diarrhea and rectal bleeding. She treated with her primary care provider for 5 to 8 years with these regular complaints. She moved to Nevada where her medical providers promptly prescribed a colonoscopy and subsequently diagnosed metastatic colon cancer. Unfortunately, our client passed away within three months of discovering her cancer. Her missed colon cancer lawsuit was filed and pending in Federal Court in Pittsburgh, PA, and settled for over $1 Million.

Gallbladder Cancer: $750k

gallbladder cancer

Our client was a 63 year old woman suffering with stomach pains. After complaining for months to her family doctor, she was eventually sent for a CT scan. The images from her scan were interpreted by a radiologist who failed to note cancerous tumor on her gallbladder. Her cancer was not found until a full 7 months later. By that time, the gallbladder cancer was too advanced and our client passed away within 4 months of her diagnosis. This gallbladder cancer misdiagnosis lawsuit was filed in a surrounding Pittsburgh area county and eventually settled for $750,000 prior to going to trial.

Burst Appendix; $220k

burst appendix

The acute onset of stomach pains sent our client, a 60-year-old woman, to a rural Pennsylvania hospital. With symptoms indicating Appendicitis, a CT scan was ordered, however, no further confirmation was made by a surgeon. As a result, our client received only pain management and was sent home.  She returned to the ER shortly thereafter and by this time her Appendix burst as a result of the failure to diagnose appendicitis requiring bowel reconstruction surgery. The case was filed and settled on the verge of trial for $220,000.

Perforated Stomach; ~$500k

Perforated Stomach

Our client was a 41 year-old-man with a history of diverticulitis. He complained of stomach pains and was treated off and on at hospitals with pain management. Eventually, he has to be taken to the ER by ambulance.  Staff at a Pittsburgh area hospital emergency room ordered and then inexplicably cancelled a CT scan. His stomach perforated and he died as a result. We filed the case in the Pittsburgh area and settled on the verge of trial for nearly ½ million dollars.

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Colon Cancer: $1 Million

colon cancer

At just 41 years old, our client had an established medical history of colon and rectal complaints including diarrhea and rectal bleeding. She treated with her primary care provider for 5 to 8 years with these regular complaints. She moved to Nevada where her medical providers promptly prescribed a colonoscopy and subsequently diagnosed metastatic colon cancer. Unfortunately, our client passed away within three months of discovering her cancer. Her missed colon cancer lawsuit was filed and pending in Federal Court in Pittsburgh, PA, and settled for over $1 Million.

Gallbladder Cancer: $750k

gallbladder cancer

Our client was a 63 year old woman suffering with stomach pains. After complaining for months to her family doctor, she was eventually sent for a CT scan. The images from her scan were interpreted by a radiologist who failed to note cancerous tumor on her gallbladder. Her cancer was not found until a full 7 months later. By that time, the gallbladder cancer was too advanced and our client passed away within 4 months of her diagnosis. This gallbladder cancer misdiagnosis lawsuit was filed in a surrounding Pittsburgh area county and eventually settled for $750,000 prior to going to trial.

Lung Cancer: $250k

lung cancer

Suffering with lung problems and a history of smoking, our 75-year-old client was sent for diagnostic testing. Despite X-rays and CT scans that were interpreted by three separate doctors at a rural Pittsburgh hospital, our client’s cancerous lung tumor was missed for 8 months. When his lung cancer was finally caught, it was too late and he passed away. The case was filed against the Hospital and three radiologists and was settled on the verge of trial for $250K.

Perforated Stomach; ~$500k

Perforated Stomach

Our client was a 41 year-old-man with a history of diverticulitis. He complained of stomach pains and was treated off and on at hospitals with pain management. Eventually, he has to be taken to the ER by ambulance.  Staff at a Pittsburgh area hospital emergency room ordered and then inexplicably cancelled a CT scan. His stomach perforated and he died as a result. We filed the case in the Pittsburgh area and settled on the verge of trial for nearly ½ million dollars.

Burst Appendix; $220k

burst appendix

The acute onset of stomach pains sent our client, a 60-year-old woman, to a rural Pennsylvania hospital. With symptoms indicating Appendicitis, a CT scan was ordered, however, no further confirmation was made by a surgeon. As a result, our client received only pain management and was sent home.  She returned to the ER shortly thereafter and by this time her Appendix burst as a result of the failure to diagnose appendicitis requiring bowel reconstruction surgery. The case was filed and settled on the verge of trial for $220,000.

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Sports Concussions

In Pittsburgh, sports are everything, the Steelers are everything. The members of the Pittsburgh community “bleed black and gold.” This feeling was no different for Attorney Jason Luckasevic, who had grown up in the Pittsburgh area. Because of the city’s love for sports, almost everyone knew about Mike Webster or “Iron Mike” as they called him. But what some may not know is that his career was the beginning of much more than his legacy of becoming one of the best football players of all time. Although Jason Luckasevic knew of the infamous Iron Mike, he too did not know that there would be more to Mr. Webster’s story, or that he would become part of that story.


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    In 2002, one of Jason’s dear friends Dr. Omalu, a pathologist in Pittsburgh, began his normal workday only today was the day that would change his life forever. Today was the day he was going to perform an autopsy on Iron Mike. Not being a fan of football, Dr. Omalu was unaware of Iron Mike’s football legacy, but he did know who Mike was because of his troubled history that had been shamelessly aired in the media. As any other patient, Dr. Omalu began his work. When the cause of death is a heart attack, it is not routine to examine the brain, but Dr. Omalu decided to do so because of Iron Mikes publicity of a troubled nature after playing in the NFL. Dr. Omalu then discovered that Iron Mike had a disease now known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“CTE”).

    Just as a normal day for Jason Luckasevic, he entered his law office early and as routine, began to read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, only this time there would be more than just sports statistics and politics. This time, there was an article about his dear friend Dr. Omalu. The article ridiculed Dr. Omalu’s work, and his discovery of CTE. Jason Luckasevic did not appreciate the words used to describe his friend or his work, so that very morning Jason Luckasevic spoke with Dr. Omalu. The conversation was short, Jason asked what Dr. Omalu was going to do about the unfounded words of criticism, and Dr. Omalu replied: “You’re a good lawyer, you figure it out.” And so he did.

    Jason Luckasevic began studying the devastating effects of brain injury in sports and together they worked to bring this issue to the forefront of the NFL’s attention. Luckasevic brought concussions in sports to national attention when he filed the first two lawsuits against the National Football League on behalf of more than 120 retired players for their CTE brain injuries.

    Because of his tireless efforts Jason Luckasevic is now the most sought after lawyer and expert consultant on sports brain injuries.

     

     

     

     

     

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