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About The Becker Law Firm

The Becker Law Firm is a Cleveland-based plaintiff trial firm founded in 1979 by Michael F. Becker. The firm focuses exclusively on complex personal injury and medical malpractice claims, including birth trauma, wrongful death, electrocution injuries, and serious personal injury. Managing Partner Romney Cullers leads a team of experienced trial attorneys, several of whom also hold nursing or clinical credentials. Firm lawyers have secured record verdicts and settlements in Ohio, including the largest settlement in Ohio history for injuries to an individual plaintiff ($60.7 million) and the largest wrongful death verdict in Ohio Court of Claims history. The firm serves clients from its primary office in Cleveland, with additional by-appointment offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by The Becker Law Firm

$60.7 millionSettlement

A 12-year-old Cleveland girl suffered a profound brain injury and partial limb loss after touching an energized, downed Cleveland Electric Illuminating power line that had been left unrepaired for days following Hurricane Sandy; her family settled all claims for $60.7 million, the largest individual personal injury settlement in Ohio history.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio · 2016Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$14.5 millionVerdict

A Cuyahoga County jury awarded $14.5 million to a boy born at 25 weeks with cerebral palsy and developmental delays after MetroHealth Medical Center's staff refused his mother's repeated requests for a C-section and watched the baby's condition deteriorate for more than three hours before performing an emergency delivery.

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland, Ohio · 2015Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$11.35 millionVerdict

A Summit County jury awarded $11.35 million to a family whose son sustained permanent brain damage after their obstetrician used forceps rather than performing a cesarean section, and the verdict survived four years of appeals.

Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Akron, Ohio · 2018Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Cleveland firms

Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Confidential (aggregate >$300 million total litigation) · Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Confidential Settlements for 18 Families in $300 Million-Plus Litigation
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
$650 million · Lake and Trumbull Counties Win $650 Million Against CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in First U.S. Pharmacy Opioid Trial
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
$50 million · Failure to Warn of Cancer Risk: Misny's Second Pharmaceutical Block Settles for $50 Million
Friedman Domiano & Smith
Friedman Domiano & Smith
$3.5 million · $3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid

Attorneys at The Becker Law Firm

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