Erin Siebenhar Hess

Obtained defense verdict in favor of a radiologist in a case involving an alleged negligent interpretation of a chest CT scan. 

Secured a defense verdict for an OB/GYN in a case involving multiple claims of medical negligence, lack of informed consent, battery, and punitive damages.

Motion for summary judgment granted in a slip and fall case at a medical facility.

Obtained defense verdict in favor of urologist. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent during penile implant surgery.

Obtained a defense verdict for their home health nurse and hospital clients. Plaintiffs claimed that our client was negligent during a suprapubic catheter change which allegedly led to a bowel perforation and the need for surgery including colostomy and hospital stay. After a week and a half of trial, the jury returned a defense verdict on negligence in favor of our clients.

Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings granted in favor of healthcare system and medical profesisonals in medical negligence and wrongful death action.

Motion for Sanctions requesting dismissal of case granted in favor of healthcare system. During litigation, plaintiff failed to adequately respond to discovery requests and failed to comply with the Court’s order compelling adequate responses to discovery.

Plaintiffs filed (1) false imprisonment, (2) premises liability, (3) negligent hiring, (4) negligent infliction of emotional distress, (5) intentional infliction of emotional distress, (6) vicarious liability, (7) respondeat superior, (8) agency by estoppel, and (9) loss of consortium claims against hospital and emergency medicine physician based on allegations that the patient plaintiff was mistreated during his time at the emergency department. Summary Judgment granted in favor of emergency medicine physician on the basis that all claims alleged failed as a matter of law.

Defense of nurse defendant against medical negligence claim involving administration of sodium bicarbonate and calcium gluconate infusions.

Judgment on the Pleadings granted in favor of group home residential facility on several basis, including (1) failure to submit legally sufficient affidavit of merit, (2) the statute of limitations for medical claims and wrongful death claims, (3) the statute of repose, and (4) the Ohio savings statute’s inapplicability in this re-filed action.

Obtained a defense verdict for neuro-interventional radiology client.

Defense of wrongful death as to the placement of pediatric cardiology device.

Appellate court affirms trial court’s motion for summary judgment in medical malpractice case alleging delayed cancer diagnosis.

Motion for Summary Judgment granted in favor of emergency medicine physician, based on plaintiffs’ failure to produce and offer qualified expert testimony against the physician concerning the standard of care, breach of the standard of care, and reasonable probability that the claimed injury was proximately caused by the alleged departure from the standard of care.

Defense of long-term care facility against claim of negligence allegedly leading to death of 84 year old resident. After two weeks of trial, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict in favor of our client.

Defended various medical providers against claims of medical negligence. Judgment on the Pleadings granted pursuant to the Statute of Repose. 

Defense of emergency medicine physician against wrongful death/medical negligence claim.

Defense of pain management physician in a medical negligence claim, allegedly leading to a spinal cord injury.

Defense of neurointerventional radiologist alleging negligence in treatment of a stroke.

Defense of family medicine physician alleging wrongful death/medical negligence for prescribing opiates over many years leading to a 50-year old's death.

Defense of pain management physician in a medical negligence claim, allegedly leading to catastrophic spinal cord injury.

Defense of emergency department physician alleging failure to timely diagnose and appropriately treat myocardial infarction.

Defense of emergency department physician with allegations of failure to timely diagnose and treat the flu, leading to a 40-year old's death.

Lynn Cordova, et al. v. Emergency Professional Services Inc., et al.

Defense verdict to emergency physician involving allegations of failure to diagnose and treat diverticulitis. The court of appeals upheld the jury verdict and trial court's refusal to excuse a physician for cause as a prospective juror, and indicated that that decision as it relates to excusing jurors for cause due to impartiality is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard.

Defense of medical and nursing/hospital negligence claim alleging wrong death arising out of the death of a patient following EGD.

Defense of emergency department physician with allegations of catastrophic injury to this patient's gastrointestinal system.

Estate of J. Kinaz v. Diplomat Healthcare, et al.

Plaintiff appealed adverse trial court judgment in wrongful death medical malpractice case based on lack of expert testimony.

Defense of emergency department physician alleging wrongful death of a 19-year old due to increased intracranial pressure.

Defense of pediatric emergency medicine physician for claims of malpractice arising out of failure to timely diagnose and appropriately treat Stevens Johnson Syndrome.

Defense of emergency
medicine medical malpractice claim

Defense of urgent care physician in catastrophic injury to 50-year old.

Defense of obstetric malpractice claim involving catastrophic injury to newborn.

Defense of emergency medicine physician/wrongful death medical negligence claim alleging a failure to timely diagnose and appropriately treat sepsis, purportedly leading to wrongful death.

Defense of emergency medicine/wrongful death case alleging failure to timely diagnose and appropriately flu/sepsis leading to the death of a 30-year old 4 days postpartum.

Defense of emergency medicine wrongful death medical malpractice case

Defense of wrongful death nursing home/long term care claim.

Defense of wrongful death medical malpractice claim involving emergency room medicine

Defense of catastrophic emergency medicine medical malpractice

Defense of emergency medicine physician in catastrophic injury claim alleging locked-in syndrome to a 30-year old.

Defense of medical negligence claim against radiologist, alleging neuropathies as a result of alleged delay in cancer diagnosis.

Alleged medical negligence/wrongful death case in defense of emergency medicine physicians.

Defense of medical malpractice orthopedic surgery claim.

(OHIC)

Defense of orthopedic surgeon in catastrophic medical negligence claim, allegedly leading to the wrongful death of a patient following orthopedic surgery.

Defense of catastrophic medical malpractice claim involving 52 year old stroke victim. (OHIC)

Defense of pediatric medical malpractice/emergency medicine claim, alleging negligence arising out of the treatment of a traumatic wound.

Defense of wrongful death long term care/rehabilitation hospital malpractice case.

Defense of internal medicine physician alleging wrongful death/medical negligence and failure to timely diagnose and appropriately treat sepsis in a 40-year old.

Defense of medical malpractice wrongful death.

Defense of hospital malpractice claim.

Defense of emergency room doctor in wrongful death medical malpractice claim.

Defense of internist in wrongful death medical malpractice claim.

Defense of gynecologic surgery/medical negligence case.

Defense of pulmonology/critical care physician alleging medical negligence and wrongful death arising out of the care and treatment rendered to a patient with lung volume reduction surgery.

Defense of emergency medicine physician's assistant in catastrophic medical negligence claim arising out of the treatment of a 40-year old who underwent upper extremity amputation.

Defense of gynecologic surgerical negligence claim.

Defense of wrongful death long term care/rehabilitation hospital malpractice case.

Negligence claim involving motor vehicle accident.

Defense of gynecologic surgery/medical negligence case.

Defense of OB/GYN surgical medical malpractice case.

Negligence claim involving a motor vehicle accident.

Defense of wrongful death emergency medicine medical malpractice claim against multiple Defendants.

Defense of internal medicine physician in wrongful death claim alleging catastrophic injury to an inpatient in the hospital.

Defense of hospital nursing negligence purportedly leading to myocardial infarction.

Defense of gynecologic surgical negligence claim.

Defense of catastrophic neurosurgical nerve injury case.

Defense of wrongful death emergency medicine malpractice case.

Defense of orthopedic surgery/medical negligence claim.

Defense of surgeon in medical negligence case alleging failure to diagnose and timely treat breast cancer in 40-year-old.

Defense of gynecologic surgery/medical negligence case.