David Efron, P.C. Law Personal injury, medical malpractice, Drug Manufacturers Liability- San Juan, PR

Trial Attorneys, Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Damage Law firm in Puerto Rico :: Drug Manufacturers Liability

Recent judgments / Settlements for Plaintiff Clients

$16,000,000.00 record jury verdict in single plaintiff birth injury case in first federal civil jury trial since pandemic. LINNOSKA CORREA vs. HIMA SAN PABLO HOSPITAL on July 9 , 2021. Physician settled confidentially before trial. Case remitted, retried on appeal. USCA 23-1210
$2,000,000.00 confidential settlement in mild brain damage case, December 2020.
$2,100,000.00 confidential settlement in mild brain damage case, September 2019.
$14,300,000.00 jury verdict in Rodríguez Valentín vs Doctor's Center Hospital on August 9, 2019. Physicians settled confidentially before trial.
$4,950,000.00 jury verdict in brain damage case, August 2018. Damaris Santos vs. Hospital del Maestro.
$1,300,000.00 confidential settlement agreement in mild brain damage case in Federal Court, July 2018.
$1,000,000.00 confidential settlement agreement from co-defendant insurer in Federal Court, March 2018.
$15,000,000.00 jury verdict in a hospital medical malpractice case in Federal Court. Migdalia Arroyo Picart vs. Hospital Metropolitano Dr. Pila Ponce, Inc., Civil No. 15-1523 (CCC). December 2017.
$1,500,000.00 jury verdict in a cerebral stroke case in Federal Court. Julio Carrasquillo Serrano vs. CDT of Canóvanas, Civil No. 15-1225 (JAG). August 2017. Affirmed by the First Circuit Court of Appeals on March 12, 2021.

Prior sample verdicts 2008 - 2014

$2,090,000 confidential settlement agreement in brain damage case in Federal Court. April, 2014.
Jury verdict obtained against the P.R. Electrical Power Co. (PREPA) in the amount of $3.850 million for a garbage collector and his family for having electrocuted himself and losing use of his hands. He was found 10% comparatively negligent and judgment reduced in that proportion. The first part of this case was previously settled in September, 2011. Verdict rendered on the evening of June 19th , 2012.
Obtained payment from the Department of State of a $10 million claim from the Government of Libya to the heirs of Carmen Eneida Guzman, murdered in the May 30th, 1972 Lod Airport massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel. Funds are on the process of distribution in the Bayamon State Court. March 22, 2012.
Jury verdict of $2,500,000 plus interest and costs in a federal litigation against a stateside attorney that swindled two families victims of terror from collecting their full recovery from the Lybian government, Berganzo v. Ambush, Civil No. 10-1044(GAG). Jury verdict rendered in Federal Court, October 4, 2011. 704 F3d 33.
$1,300,000 confidential partial settlement participation in electrocution case in Federal Court, Puerto Rico. September 2011.
$850,000 settlement participation at mediation for medical malpractice claim against Florida hospital, Estate of Carolina Díaz v. Homestead Hospital, et als, Case No. 11-1602 GD 03. September 2011.
$955,000 confidential settlement in mild birth injury case in Federal Court, Puerto Rico. August 2011.
$450,000 settlement in shoulder dystocia case which form participated in Arecibo, Puerto Rico state court. Nairym Candelaria v. Dr. Manuel Colón Rodríguez, et als., Civil No. CDP2009-0158(401). August 2011.
$2,500,000 confidential settlement in brain damage case in Federal Court March, 2011.
$2,320,000 confidential settlement in brain damage case in Federal Court January, 2011.
$1,000,000 confidential settlement in hospital death case in Federal Court December 2010.
$3,500,000 participated in confidential settlement in electrocution death case in Federal Court June, 2010.
$2,500,000 confidential settlement in brain damage case in Federal Court, March 2009.
$4,500,000 confidential settlement in brain damage case in Federal Court, May 2008.

The United States Court of Appeals published opinion, 373 F.3d 1; regarding attorney David Efron's advocacy:

•"...review makes it abundantly clear that the plaintiff's counsel gave no quarter. He took full advantage of the sympathetic nature of his case and, on occasion, he sailed close to the wind. We find no indication, however, that counsel crossed the thin line that separates vigorous advocacy from impermissible appeals to passion or prejudice....we find no indication that improper rhetoric influenced the outcome of the trial.. There is a critical difference between a lawyer that hits hard and a lawyer that hits below the belt.....The plaintiff's opening statement and closing argument in this case both were hard-hitting, but neither was manifestly improper. "