Personal Injury – Broken Femur

Ms. Williams was a wheelchair-bound amputee with severe dementia who relied entirely on others for her care and daily transportation. She was being transported by G&H Non-Medical Emergency Transport in Los Angeles, California, to a routine dialysis appointment for her end-stage renal failure when she was not properly secured in her wheelchair, fell during transport, and suffered a broken femur.

At trial in Los Angeles County, Thomas Feher argued that this case went far beyond a broken bone. It was about the broken trust of a profoundly vulnerable woman who had no choice but to depend on others to keep her safe. For someone like Ms. Williams – elderly, cognitively impaired, an amputee, and dependent on dialysis to survive – safety and trust were not luxuries. They were necessities. When G&H Non-Medical Emergency Transport failed to properly secure her, they did not just break her leg. They diminished what remained of her quality of life.

Despite the devastating facts, the defendant’s best offer before trial was only $50,000. Feher Law rejected that figure and took the case to trial in Los Angeles, where the jury returned a verdict of $1,500,000 – thirty times the pre-trial offer – holding the transportation company fully accountable for their failure to protect one of California’s most vulnerable patients.