Author Archives: OBT PLLC

  Clay Edwards and Katherine Kerns Vesely successfully defended an interventional cardiologist in Columbus, Indiana.  Plaintiff alleged that the cardiologist negligently performed a heart catheterization and stenting procedure and caused an intravascular ultrasound catheter to become lodged in the plaintiff’s coronary … Continue reading →

           Clay Edwards, Michael Dailey and Ashley Duncan successfully defended a general surgeon in Lexington, Kentucky. Plaintiffs, a surviving brother and son, alleged that the surgeon was negligent in his care by not performing an emergent sigmoid colectomy. The decedent was … Continue reading →

 Tracy Prewitt successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon against allegations of medical malpractice at trial in Columbus, Indiana.  Plaintiff arrived by ambulance to Columbus Regional Hospital with a chief complaint of extreme pain in her left thigh.  She had fallen while walking … Continue reading →

      Clay Edwards and Benjamin Weigel successfully defended a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon against allegations of medical malpractice in Pulaski County Circuit Court in Somerset, Kentucky.  Plaintiff alleged that her 41-year old husband died as the result of improperly performed mechanical aortic valve … Continue reading →

       Christopher O’Bryan and Andie Brent Camden successfully defended a Paducah based bariatric surgeon in McCracken County, KY.  Plaintiffs alleged that the surgeon negligently performed laparoscopic Roux en Y surgery causing the development of recurrent internal hernias.  Plaintiffs sought approximately $6 … Continue reading →

Clay Edwards and Joshua Davis successfully defended a general surgeon in Evansville, Indiana.  Plaintiffs, surviving spouse and daughter, alleged that the surgeon negligently failed to resect a section of bowel which suffered from obviously diminished blood flow in the course of a … Continue reading →

Mark Hammond and Joseph Klausing obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of their client, a family physician practicing in Evansville, Indiana. Plaintiffs alleged that the physician’s failure to perform adequate screening examinations led to a delayed diagnosis in developmental dysplasia … Continue reading →

Gerald Toner and Joshua Davis successfully defended a Versailles neurosurgeon in a medical malpractice action in Franklin Circuit Court. After receiving an injury to his cervical spine at work, the neurosurgeon performed a 2-level cervical discectomy fusion surgery at C5-6 and … Continue reading →

Tracy Prewitt and Casey Krill successfully defended an Owensboro based obstetrician in this medical malpractice action in Federal District Court. Plaintiffs claimed that the physician negligently failed to diagnose congenital heart defects which ultimately proved fatal twenty-seven days after birth. … Continue reading →

Gerry Toner and Brent Asseff successfully defended a Louisville gynecologist in a medical malpractice action in Jefferson (Ky.) Circuit Court.  The Plaintiff claimed that the physician failed to timely diagnose her endometrial cancer during the summer and autumn of 2006.  … Continue reading →

Gerald Toner and Brittany Asher successfully defended a general surgeon and his practice group in Jefferson Circuit Court.  Plaintiff, a Crohn’s patient, alleged that the defendant surgeon failed to discover a fistula between her ileum and sigmoid colon in the … Continue reading →

Gerald Toner and Katherine Vesely successfully defended an orthopedic trauma surgeon against allegations of medical malpractice during an eight-day trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court.  Plaintiff had jumped off of a falling ladder and fell twenty feet to the ground, breaking … Continue reading →

James Grohmann and Benjamin Weigel successfully defended a University of Louisville-based urologic oncologist against allegations of medical malpractice during a five-day trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court.  Plaintiff alleged that the defendant negligently removed her kidney after radiology studies indicated that … Continue reading →

Christopher O’Bryan and Donald Brown successfully defended a Paducah based bariatric surgeon in McCracken County, KY.  Plaintiffs alleged that the surgeon negligently placed a removable vena cava filter prior to bariatric surgery, and that the filter failed to protect the patient against … Continue reading →

Michael Dailey and David Strite successfully defended a local surgeon against allegations of improper medical care stemming from a laparoscopic gallbladder removal operation. During the procedure, the plaintiff’s common bile duct was inadvertently transected and resected. With the benefit of … Continue reading →