Successes
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich März 2017
15.000,00 € Entschädigung nach vermeidbarer Schrittmacher-Operation
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2017
12.500 € Schmerzensgeld aufgrund eines intraoperativen Behandlungsfehlers mit Abbruch eines Katheterdrahtes
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2017
100.000 € Schmerzensgeld- und Schadensersatz für den Bruch einer fehlerhaften Hüftendoprothese mit erheblichen Folgen, u.a. Erwerbsminderung auf 50%
Vergleich vor dem LG Berlin Februar 2017
95.000,-€ Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz für fehlerhaft durchgeführte Operation eines Karpaltunnelsyndroms mit erheblichen Beeinträchtigungen. Patient kann Hitze und Kälte an der Hand nicht mehr empfinden, Dauerschmerzen und Gebrauchsunfähigkeit der rechten Hand.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2017
14.000 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadenersatz aufgrund einer Thrombose nach einer fehlerhaften Thymektomie.
Gerichtlicher Vergleich OLG München Februar 2017
25.000,- aus Unfallversicherung wegen unfallbedingtem Bruch einer Hüftendoprothese
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2017
15.000 € Schmerzensgeld aufgrund einer vermeidbaren Revisionsoperation wegen eines fehlerhaften Hüftendogelenkprothese
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2017
20.000 € Schmerzensgeld aufgrund einer vermeidbaren Revisionsoperation wegen einer fehlerhaften Hüftendogelenkprothese
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Landgericht Berlin Januar 2017
8.500 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadenersatz aufgrund von Verletzung des Hygienestandards während einer Radiosynoviorthese (RSO), es kamen Bakterien ins Kniegelenk. Zudem fehlte eine rechtswirksame Einwilligung in die RSO sowie die Aufklärung der Risiken dieses Eingriffs. Es folgten 5 Revisionsoperationen und Verdienstausfall.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2017
15.0000 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund der Verletzung des Auges nach einer Kataraktoperation.
Januar 2017
3.000 € Entschädigung aufgrund eines fehlerhaften Intrauterinpessars mit Notwendigkeit der operativen Entfernung.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2017
7.500 € Entschädigung aufgrund des Zurücklassens von OP-Material in der OP-Wunde
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Landgericht Potsdam Januar 2017
38.000 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz für Bruch einer fehlerhaften Hüftendoprothese. Patient brach sich beim Sturz, der durch den Bruch des Hüftendoprothese verursacht wurde auch das Schlüsselbein.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Dezember 2016
70.000 € Schmerzensgeld- und Schadensersatz wegen ärztlichem Behandlungsfehler in der Notaufnahme – übersehene Schlaganfallsymptomatik, Schlaganfall und Infarkte mit schweren Schädigungen folgten daraus.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich November 2016
680.000,-€ Schmerzensgeld bei behandlungsfehlerhaft verursachten schweren Geburtsschaden. Schadensersatz wird gesondert verhandelt.
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Dezember 2016
15.000 € wegen vermeidbarer Revisionsoperation aufgrund einer fehlerhaften Hüftendoprothese
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Dezember 2016
7.000 € Schmerzensgeld und Nachbehandlerkosten wegen einer fehlerhaft durchgeführten zahnärztlichen Behandlung.
Gerichtlicher Vergleich Oktober 2016
36.220 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund einer fehlerhaften Operation am Schultergelenk und die Nichtdurchführung einer sofortigen Revisionsoperation.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich September 2016
23.000 € Entschädigung (Schmerzensgeld + Schadensersatz) aufgrund einer fehlerhaften Hüftendoprothesenoperation mit Notwendigkeit von einer verlängerten Anschlussheilbehandlung.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich September 2016
4.500 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund einer fehlerhaften Laserbehandlung ohne Aufklärung der Risiken zur Entfernung des Clavus. Es folgten Wundheilungsstörungen am Fuß, Antibiotikatherapie und Arbeitsunfähigkeit.
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich August 2016
20.000 € Schmerzensgeld aufgrund einer vermeidbaren Revision wegen eines fehlerhaften Hüftendogelenks
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Juni 2016
11.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen eines fehlerhaften implantierbaren Defibrillators (ICD) mit verfrühtem Ausbau. Gesundheitsschäden durch vermeidbare Revisionsoperation, verlängerten Krankenhausaufenthalt mit geringen Komplikationen
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Juni 2016
5.000,00 € für den operativen Austausch eines fehlerhaften Herzschrittmachers
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Juni 2016
6.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen eines unnötigen Schwangerschaftsabbruchs und übersehener Eileiterschwangerschaft
Gerichtlicher Vergleich LG Frankfurt am M. Juni 2016
23.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen einer fehlerhaft durchgeführten Hüftoperationen und Produktfehler. Gesundheitsschäden durch Hüftlockerung und erhöhten Metallabrieb mit vermeidbarer Revisionsoperation
Gerichtlicher Vergleich KG Berlin Mai 2016
7.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen fehlerhafter Behandlung der Mutter bei der Geburt ihres Kindes
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Mai 2016
30.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz bei Magenruptur eines Kindes nach stationärer Fehlbehandlung
Gerichtlicher Vergleich LG Frankenthal Mai 2016
78.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen zweier fehlerhaft durchgeführten Hüftoperationen. Gesundheitsschäden durch Hüftlockerung und erhöhten Metallabrieb
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich April 2016
Bisher aufgelaufene Kosten einer gesetzlichen Krankenkasse in Höhe von rund 300.000,00 € und Übernahme sämtlicher zukünftiger Kosten im Rahmen der Regressansprüche bei Geburtsschaden im Jahr 2014
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich April 2016
10.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen einer fehlerhaften Dekubitus-Behandlung
Gerichtlicher Vergleich LG Berlin März 2016
2.500,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund einer unnötigen Operation am Dickdarm und damit verbundener Anlage eines künstlichen Darmausgangs
Gerichtlicher Vergleich OLG Brandenburg März 2016
29.900,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund fehlerhaft durchgeführter Leberbiopsie bei pathologischen Blutgerinnungswerten
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Februar 2016
41.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen fehlerhafter Hüftendoprothese
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
7.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz aufgrund eines Fehlers bei der Materialentfernung nach Osteotomie eines Fußes mit Notwendigkeit einer weiteren vermeidbaren Operation zur Entfernung der vergessenen Platte
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
32.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen fehlerhafter Hüftendoprothese
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
26.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen fehlerhafter Hüftendoprothese
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
Rund 9.000,00 € Kosten einer Krankenkasse für die vermeidbare Revisionsoperation einer Knieendoprothese
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
32.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen fehlerhafter Hüftendoprothese
Außergerichtlicher Vergleich Januar 2016
5.000,00 € Schmerzensgeld und Schadensersatz wegen eines fehlerhaften ICD-Systems mit Austausch und Revisionsoperation
With the new design of our webpage we also included a list of our successes, which we will update regularly. We selected representative examples from the past years. Excerpt from our successes since January 2011:
Out-of-court settlement August 2014
X,x million €, case of severe damage at birth. The child is severely disabled and must be given artificial respiration. It was agreed to keep quiet about the exact amount of the settlement.
Out-of-court settlement August 2014
15,000 € complications in relation with an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, diagnostic assessment error
Court settlement District Court Munich I August 2014
100,000 € compensation for pain suffered and damages. Undiagnosed heart attack, diagnostic assessment error despite clear symptoms
Out-of-court settlement August 2014
15,000 € compensation in relation with undiagnosed fracture of the ankle joint, diagnostic assessment error
Out-of-court settlement August 2014
40,000 € compensation for pain suffered and damages for breast cancer diagnosed too late. Diagnostic assessment error, no mammography or ultrasound despite suspicious palpatory findings
Court settlement District Court Düsseldorf July 2014
35,000 € compensation for lung carcinoma, which had been diagnosed too late
Court settlement District Court Berlin July 2014
6,000 € compensation for undiagnosed tear of the perineum grade IV during giving birth
Out-of-court settlement July 2014
25,000 € compensation for corrective operation defective hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement July 2014
60,000 € family compensation for death of child at birth due to treatment error
Out-of-court settlement July 2014
1.5 million € compensation and damages with opening clause for severe damage at birth
Court settlement High Court Cologne July 2014
40,000 € compensation for prostate operation, which had been carried out unprofessionally and lack of explanation in relation to alternative options
Court settlement District Court Berlin June 2014
7,000 € compensation for spinal operation and unclear liability situation
Out-of-court settlement June 2014
65,000 € compensation and damages for unprofessionally performed gall bladder operation with serious consequences
Out-of-court settlement June 2014
60,000 € compensation for undiagnosed appendicitis with following peritonitis and several operations
Out-of-court settlement June 2014
35,000 € compensation and damages for revision of defect hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement May 2014
10,000 € for unprofessional extraction of a wisdom tooth with following development of abscess
Court settlement High Court Cologne May 2014
xx € to bereaved daughter and husband after death of mother/wife. The case was about the use of the pharmaceutical drug Zoloft from the company Pfizer. This antidepressant drug is supposed to trigger suicide thoughts (which would not have been present beforehand). The patient committed suicide in 2005. It was agreed to keep the sum paid by Pfizer as compensation quiet. The family wants to create a foundation with the money.
Out-of-court settlement May 2014
60,000 € for delayed appendix operation with significant impairments for the patient (artificial anus) etc.
Out-of-court settlement May 2014
6,000,000 € compensation for suffering and significant loss of earnings compensation due to inability to carry out the profession after the breaking of a defect hip prosthesis. Exception: patient was high earner and could have continued to work another 12 years until his retirement. Several revision operations failed to improve the situation. Bound to a wheelchair, continuous pain etc.
Out-of-court settlement May 2014
600,000 € + care pension of presently 3,500 € for severe damage at birth
Out-of-court settlement May 2014
25,000 € compensation for revision of defect hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement April 2014
23,000 € compensation for revision of defect hip replacement
Court settlement District Court Stuttgart April 2014
30,000 € total compensation for unprofessional implantation of hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement April 2014
5,000 € for revision of faulty pacemaker
Court settlement District Court Erfurt
30,000 € compensation for unprofessional ovary operation. Lesion of ureter with subsequent complications
Out-of-court settlement April 2014
34,000 € for revision of defect hip prosthesis with subsequent complications
Court settlement District Court Berlin April 2014
60,000 € for unprofessional hip operation with subsequent permanent damage
Out-of-court settlement March 2014
24,000 € for revision of a defect hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement March 2014
35,000 € for damage to the gall duct during a diagnostic intervention
Out-of-court settlement March 2014
40,000 € for revision of defect hip replacement with subsequent complications
Court settlement District Court Berlin March 2014
30,000 € for thrombosis due to lacking anticoagulation after operation
Out-of-court settlement March 2014
9,000 € for thrombosis, unclear anticoagulation
Out-of-court settlement March 2014
10,000 € undiagnosed radius fracture and relevant treatment delay
Court settlement District Court Koblenz March 2014
400,000 € compensation + care pension still to be defined for damage at birth
Out-of-court settlement February 2014
23,000 € for revision of defect hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement February 2014
100,000 € compensation for undiagnosed relapse of a brain tumor for the deceased patient + maintenance of wife still to be defined
Out-of-court settlement February 2014
20,000 € for confusion of side at a thumb operation with subsequent complications
Out-of-court settlement February 2014
30,000 € for revision of defect hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement February 2014
38,000 € for revision of defect hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement January 2014
30,000 € compensation for operative exchange after failure of defect hip replacement
Out-of-court settlement January 2014
38,000 € compensation for operative exchange after failure of defect hip replacement with subsequent complications
Court settlement District Court Berlin January 2014
18,000 € for the loss of a testicle after inadequate treatment of testicle infection
Court settlement District Court Berlin January 2014
10,000 € for spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak syndrome that was not reacted to
Out-of-court settlement January 2014
155,000 € total compensation for removal of defect hip prosthesis after breakage with subsequent far-reaching consequences, several additional operations and significant loss of earnings
Verdict District Court Braunschweig January 2014
30,000 € compensation and material and immaterial caveat after incorrect appendix operation, 14 year old boy
Out-of-court settlement January 2014
45,000 € after leach ingestion in a restaurant
Out-of-court settlement December 2013
35,000 € compensation for defect hip prosthesis after revision operation
Out-of-court settlement December 2013
22,000 € compensation for defect hip prosthesis after revision operation
Out-of-court settlement December 2013
130,000 € compensation and damages for defect hip prosthesis. Two revision operations had to be performed. The patient was unable to work for 1 year and is permanently restricted in his movements.
Court settlement District Court Berlin December 2013
60,000 € compensation for undiagnosed peritonitis and delayed second operations
Court settlement District Court Munich I December 2013
1,3 million € total compensation for serious damage at birth. The child is severely disabled and will remain in need of nursing care all his life.
Verdict District Court Dresden November 2013 (not final)
2,500 € compensation and observation that all subsequent connected damage must be taken over for the implantation of a testicle implant that was too hard. The District Court Dresden assumes a lack of explanation. The patient should have been shown, as with breast implants, various models of differing size and hardness, which had been omitted without a doubt.
Court settlement November 2013 District Court Cologne
80,000 € for incorrect explanation in relation to an aneurysm operation. Indication for operation was questionable, explanation was provided too late and insufficiently. The patient suffered hemiparalysis, from which he recovered to a large extent.
Out-of-court settlement after mediation procedures November 2013
85,000 € compensation for a tile setter, who became permanently unable to work after an unprofessionally carried out operation for Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and who was 6 months before his legal retirement.
Court settlement District Court Hamburg October 2013
10,000 € for unprofessional hip operation. Delay in healing process of approx. 2 months
Out-of-court settlement October 2013
8,000 € for incorrect explanation. The patient suffered from a fraction of the femur. Orthopedics advised conservative treatment without pointing out the risk of dislocation, which subsequently occurred.
Court settlement District Court Berlin October 2013
300,000 € retroactive care maintenance allowance of monthly 3,700 € and loss of earnings of 2,200 € net. A young adult was severely damaged due to medical error. After a process for compensation had been won (500,000 €), no agreement could be reached in relation to the amount of material damage, which made a new care maintenance allowance process necessary.
Out-of-court settlement October 2013
19,500 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis after revision operation
Out-of-court settlement October 2013
10,000 € compensation for possible faulty hip prosthesis, unclear liability position
Out-of-court settlement September 2013
30,000 € compensation for substitution of faulty hip prosthesis
Court settlement September 2013, District Court Braunschweig
20,000 € compensation for delayed appendix operation. The patient had to remain hospitalized 2 weeks more than otherwise necessary.
Out-of-court settlement September 2013
400,000 € compensation and care maintenance pension for a severe damage at birth caused by a midwife. The child has multiple disabilities.
Out-of-court settlement August 2013
40,000 € compensation for substitution of a faulty hip prosthesis with subsequent complications
Out-of-court settlement August 2013
80,000 € compensation for serious medical treatment error: dermatologist produced local anesthesia unprofessionally, the part of the buffer solution was too big. This led to the death of the surrounding tissue. The patient had to stay in hospital for a week and several skin transplants were required.
Court settlement August 2013, District Court Düsseldorf
7,000 € compensation for unprofessional treatment by an orthodontist. Extraction of the wrong tooth. This lead to further orthodontic treatment.
Out-of-court settlement August 2013
28,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis that had to be removed operatively
Out-of-court settlement August 2013
420,000 compensation for the death of a female patient, who died after the birth of her first child due to serious medical treatment error.
Out-of-court settlement August 2013
60,000 € compensation for two faulty hip prostheses
Court settlement July 2013
10,000 € compensation for violation of the duty to inform with regard to tissue changes at site of infection (lipodystrophy)/ medical drug liability
Out-of-court settlement July 2013
22,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement June 2013
27,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement May 2013
27,500 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Verdict District Court Berlin May 2013
15,000 € compensation + immaterial and material provision for lack of explanation in relation to possible permanent incontinence as a consequence of prostate operation
Court settlement May 2013
15,000 € compensation for possible faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement May 2013
550,000 € compensation and care maintenance pension of presently 3,500 € for birth damage
Court settlement April 2013
14,500 € compensation for possible faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement March 2013
40,000 € compensation for two possibly faulty hip prostheses
Court settlement February 2013
10,000 € compensation for birth damage (shoulder dystocia), uncertain liability position
Court settlement January 2013
27,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement January 2013
40,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis with significant loss of assets
Court settlement January 2013
275,000 € compensation for medical treatment error when removing the final part of a cancerous intestine; among other things insufficient stitches and peritonitis, multiple organ failure, artificial coma
Court settlement January 2013
7,500 € compensation for diagnostic error in relation to a 3 year old child. Ophthalmologist diagnosed a value of + 6 dpt, in reality the value was 6 dpt.
Out-of-court settlement October 2012
20,000 € compensation for broken hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement November 2012
10,000 € compensation for delay in diagnosis of septic peritonitis
Out-of-court settlement October 2012
23,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Court settlement September 2012
15,000 € compensation for possible product error of a hip prosthesis from the point fo view of removing evidence by the hospital
Court settlement September 2012
7,500 € compensation for violation of duty to inform with regard to tissue changes at infection site (lipodystrophy) / medical drug liability
Court settlement September 2012
633,883.67 € + 4,104 € monthly care maintenance allowance + 2,100 € (net) monthly loss of earnings pension for treatment error in relation to a severely disabled child
Court settlement August 2012
35,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement July 2012
12,500 € for delay in operation and rehabilitation with subsequent reduction of tendon and muscle and resulting restriction in movement.
Out-of-court settlement June 2012
25,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement June 2012
35,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Court settlement June 2012
20,000 € compensation for early hospital discharge after Chlamydia infection, which led to an abscess.
Out-of-court settlement May 2012
150,000 € compensation after operational scissors were left in abdomen and a stroke occurred during the revision operation.
Out-of-court settlement April 2012
65,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis as well as significant loss of earnings (tax consultant).
Out-of-court settlement March 2012
25,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Verdict November 2011
500,000 € compensation + material and immaterial damage for a case of severe brain damage of a (at the time) 3 year old girl after serious medical treatment error.
Court settlement October 2011
850,000 € compensation for unprofessional cardiac operation on a 4 year old child with subsequent brain damage.
Court settlement October 2011
50,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis with subsequent cardiac arrest after revision operation with uncertain liability situation.
Court settlement September 2011
75,000 € compensation for a serious diagnostic error. The consulting orthopedist did not follow up on the suspicion of a soft tissue tumor in relation to a 16 year old girl. This soft tissue tumor was malignant and fast-growing. It could have been completely removed with timely medical action. Due to the delayed diagnostic the plaintiff died after a one year period of suffering.
Court settlement August 2011
380,000 € compensation for reanimation error in pre-damaged patient in a hospital that is specialized in neurological rehabilitation.
Court settlement July 2011
1,000,000 € compensation for severe damage at birth
Court settlement June 2011
850,000 € compensation for brain damage after cardiac operation on a 3 year old boy; the life-support machine was operated unprofessionally, which led to oxygen deficiency for the boy.
Court settlement May 2011
50,000 € compensation for the widow of an patient, who died following an avoidable heart attack.
Out-of-court settlement May 2011
25,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Out-of-court settlement March 2011
27,500 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
Court settlement February 2011
22,000 € compensation for leaving swab after operating
Court settlement January 2011
25,000 € compensation for faulty hip prosthesis
