Becker & Mishkind 2008 News
May 2008
- Michael Becker and Pamela Pantages won $15,865,270.00 in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio in the case of Abram Elia vs. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Mr. Becker and Ms. Pantages represented a 7-year old boy who suffered significant brain damage as a consequence of the failure to closely monitor his well-being during labor.
- Michael Becker was an invited speaker at the Annual Ohio Association for Justice (OAJ) convention in Columbus, Ohio. His presentation was entitled "Becker's Bits," and included Mr. Becker's thoughts and insight on how to successfully represent victims of medical negligence. Mr. Becker also talked about "Mike's Kids," the philanthropic organization he founded and its work done on behalf of disabled children.
- Pamela Pantages and Ronald Margolis won $1,175,000.00 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the case of Nora Rivera, et al. vs. MetroHealth Medical Center. Ms. Pantages and Mr. Margolis represented a 5-year old girl who suffered a severe total right brachial plexus injury following the delivery complication of shoulder dystocia.
March 2008
- Michael Becker won $8,699,000.00 dollars, the largest medical negligence verdict in the history of Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio in the case of Katelyn Lewis, et al. vs. Tony B. Sarin, M.D., et al. Mr. Becker represented an 11-year old girl who was severely disabled as a result of injuries she received at the time of her birth.
January 2008
- Pamela Pantages was an invited speaker at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) at the National Winter Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ms. Pantages's presentation was entitled "Shoulder Dystocia and Brachial Plexus Injuries: Defense Theories of Causation and How to Rebut Them."
