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About The Law Offices of David Henderson

The Law Offices of David Henderson is an Anchorage personal injury and medical malpractice firm. David Henderson has represented injured clients in Alaska since 1998, worked two years as a public defender, and opened his own office in 2000. The firm handles auto accidents, aviation accidents, catastrophic injuries, defective products, denied insurance claims, dog bites, maritime accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, and medical malpractice including surgical errors, misdiagnosis, and birth injuries, and serves clients in Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Nome, Bethel, Dillingham, and Kotzebue. Reported results include a $23 million spinal cord injury recovery and a $22.1 million medical malpractice recovery. The office is at 3003 Minnesota Drive, Suite 203, in Anchorage.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by The Law Offices of David Henderson

$22,000,000 judgment

Phyllis Rivers, pregnant, was treated at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Her doctors noted at least three indicators of infective endocarditis, rejected that diagnosis in favor of pregnancy-induced vasculitis, stopped her antibiotics after four days and sent her home. Untreated, the infection caused a stroke that left her paralyzed. After a bench trial under the Federal Tort Claims Act the court entered a $22,000,000 judgment against the United States and found the doctors reckless, which lifted Alaska's $400,000 malpractice cap. The Ninth Circuit affirmed in 2018.

U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, Anchorage · 2017Medical 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 Anchorage firms

Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc.
Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc.
$21,100,000 settlement · She Went to the Alaska Native Medical Center Three Times With a Worsening Infection and Was Sent Home With a Shingles Diagnosis Each Time. She Came Back in Septic Shock and Lost All Four Limbs.
Banker Law Group, P.C.
Banker Law Group, P.C.
$3,000,000 settlement · A State Trooper Slammed on His Brakes and Swung a U-Turn Across the Seward Highway in Front of Him. Troopers Blamed the Drivers Behind. Depositions Showed the Academy Never Required U-Turn Training.
Barber & Associates, LLC
Barber & Associates, LLC
$300,000 judgment (25 percent of a $1,200,000 noneconomic verdict after 75 percent comparative fault, affirmed) · He Was Helping a Friend Hang a Crucifix From Homemade Scaffolding When the Wire Snapped. The Jury Said $1.2 Million and 75 Percent His Own Fault. The Alaska Supreme Court Then Settled Which Comes First, the Fault or the Cap.
Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
$2,000,000 settlement ($1,800,000 to Nicholas Tucker plus $200,000 in Medicaid liens paid by the state) · "Now My Legs Are Numb. I Can Not Walk. I Need to Go to the Hospital." Alaska's Highest-Security Prison Gave Him Ibuprofen for Six Days While a Spinal Infection Paralyzed Him.
Reeves Amodio LLC
Reeves Amodio LLC
$2,847,000 ($1,672,000 economic plus $1,000,000 capped noneconomic to Dietrich Mael and $175,000 to his family; over $3.5 million with interest, costs and fees) · The Boiler in a Chefornak Home Started Whistling. When He Went to Look, It Exploded. The Housing Authority That Promised to Inspect It Said Its Contract Had Expired Years Earlier, and Lost.

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