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.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$30.55 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #11

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.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Boston University
J.D., 2003
Providence College
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts, admitted 2003

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million sought · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · Middlesex Jury Awards $56 Million to Retiree Disabled When Amazon Delivery Van Crossed the Center Line
Thornton Law Firm
Thornton Law Firm
$42.6 million · Massachusetts Jury Returns $42.6 Million Verdict Against J&J in Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.