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Settlement – $162,500Judge
Court
Riverside Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Steven B. Effres
(Effres & Associates)
Experts
Plaintiff
Albert A. Cutri
(medical)
George W. Bernard
(medical)
Defendant
Robert D. Thompson
(medical)
Facts
On April 3, 2001, the plaintiff, a 49-year-old fireman, suffered a permanent loss of feeling to the right half of his tongue, and permanent loss of quality of taste due to the defendant dentist carelessly severing part of the plaintiff's right lingual nerve during a lower right wisdom tooth extraction.
Settlement Discussions
WHAT WERE THE OFFERS AND DEMANDS PRIOR TO SETTLEMENT?
Specials in Evidence
$11,563
Injuries
Permanent numbness and taste alteration to the right half of the tongue.
Result
The case was settled at $162,500, after mediation with retired Judge Victor Miceli.
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