Patrick Malone & Associates, P.C.

A D.C. Superior Court jury awarded $8.35 million after an orthopedic surgeon failed to recognize the loss of blood flow to an 82-year-old patient's leg following a knee replacement, leaving the limb to die and require an above-knee amputation.

A Montgomery County jury found a Maryland dermatology practice liable for the death of 47-year-old attorney Richard Semsker, whose melanoma went untreated for two years.

A premature newborn suffered a permanent chemical burn and stunted growth in her right ankle after an IV line leaked caustic fluid into the surrounding tissue, and a District of Columbia jury awarded her $3.6 million.

Rosalee Blue was left with a paralyzed right foot, chronic leg pain and loss of bowel control after the anticoagulant Lovenox was given intravenously during hernia surgery at Sibley Hospital in Washington. The anesthesiologist settled for $2 million on the first day of trial and assigned his contribution claim against the surgeon to her side. The court then entered a $1 million contribution judgment against the surgeon, which the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed in 2011. Her recovery came to $3 million.