David McCormack
About David McCormack
David P. McCormack has spent his 20-year career at SUGARMAN developing and trying complex personal injury cases, with particular depth in product liability, medical malpractice, and construction site matters. He has obtained the largest reported medical malpractice settlement in Massachusetts in 2025, the largest personal injury settlement or verdict in Massachusetts in 2022, and the second largest reported personal injury settlement in 2021. In 2019, he and his partner Ben Zimmermann obtained a $30.55 million medical malpractice verdict, one of the largest in Massachusetts history, on behalf of a child who suffered catastrophic brain injuries during labor and delivery. David joined SUGARMAN as an associate after graduating law school in 2003 and became a Principal in 2011.
Notable case results
A Suffolk County jury awarded $30.55 million to the family of a boy left with catastrophic brain damage after a traveling nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital abandoned continuous fetal heart-rate monitoring during a prolonged second stage of labor.
Largest reported medical malpractice settlement in Massachusetts for 2025, for patient who suffered permanent cognitive and visual impairments from a measurement error during epilepsy brain surgery
Jury verdict with Ben Zimmermann for child who suffered permanent brain injuries during labor and delivery at a Boston hospital (2019)
Largest reported personal injury settlement or verdict in Massachusetts in 2022, for 26-year-old rendered paraplegic after a tractor-trailer toppled a faulty highway barrier into his lane
Second largest reported personal injury settlement in Massachusetts for 2021, for at-home hospice patient over-medicated for years under a bonus program that incentivized keeping patients in hospice
Jury verdict for client who fractured her femur after slipping on untreated ice at a Lowell gas station; jury awarded more than ten times the insurer's final pre-trial offer
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
