Notable Results

• Attorney Hirsch recently obtained an award of $1.2 million on behalf of a client who sustained serious, permanent injuries when he was struck in a warehouse with approximately 1000 pounds of stored goods that fell from a height of fifteen feet. We claimed that the goods were negligently stacked by the defendant company. The recovery is in addition to over $300,000 of workers' compensation benefits that he received, and has been structured in such a way that he is scheduled to receive an additional $500,000 tax-free based upon his life expectancy.
• The firm recently obtained a total award of $430,000 on behalf of a client who sustained serious injuries as a passenger of a car involved in a devastating car accident. Thankfully, our client had protected himself by having in place adequate UM/UIM coverage at the time of his accident.
• The firm, along with another firm, recently received an award of $435,000 stemming from a fall at a premises that we claimed was maintained in a defective manner.
• The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a decision in favor of our client in an employment discrimination case. As a result, our client was entitled to a substantial award of back pay, benefits, interest, attorneys’ fees and reinstatement to her previous position.
• Attorney Hirsch recently went to trial in Stamford on a medical malpractice case stemming from a claimed unnecessary cataract procedure. The defense made no offers to settle at any time. After a vigorously contested trial on every issue from liability to the extent of the injuries, the jury returned a verdict in favor of our client in excess of $2 million.
• The firm recently obtained a confidential mid-six-figure award in a medical malpractice action involving claims based on a physician's alleged failure to diagnose a blood clot in the distal radial artery of the wrist despite obvious signs of such including discoloration, numbness, coolness, pain and lack of an adequate pulse. As a result of the delayed diagnosis, our client subsequently lost his thumb, index finger and middle finger of one hand.
• Proving again that the most important automobile coverage you carry is uninsured (UM)/underinsured (UIM) motorist coverage, the firm recently recovered $467,000 collectively in two UIM cases in which our clients, both seriously injured in automobile accidents caused by people with inadequate insurance, had adequately insured themselves with UM/UIM coverage.
• The firm recently received an award of $265,000 in a case in which our client's vehicle unfortunately found itself in the path of an out-of-control 30,000-pound construction vehicle. While the client sustained some physical injuries, the key injuries were psychiatric in nature.
• In a case that garnered front-page headlines, Attorney Hirsch obtained a unanimous verdict in Bridgeport Superior Court on behalf of our client, a former student, who claimed that he was wrongfully suspended from a local university. The university vigorously defended the case and never made any monetary offer to settle. While a judge suggested that our client should accept $5,000 if it were offered, the jury returned a verdict in excess of $160,000 which included an award for punitive damages.
  
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• Attorney Hirsch recently tried an underinsured motorist case in Stamford in which the insurance company offered only $20,000 to settle and indicated that the only way it would pay more than that amount were if a jury told the company it had to. The judge strongly recommended that our client accept the offer. The case proceeded to trial and Attorney Hirsch obtained a verdict on behalf of our client in excess of $405,000.
• On behalf of one of the firm's corporate clients who was sued on the basis of an alleged verbal partnership agreement, Attorney Hirsch, after four days of trial before a jury, convinced the judge to dismiss nearly all of the plaintiff's claims before submitting the matter to the jury for its deliberation. The plaintiff was seeking a seven-figure award from the jury. As a result of the judge's decision, our client offered the nominal sum of $10,000 to put an end to any appeal and any further fees, and the plaintiff was left with little choice but to accept it.
• The firm is proud that we were recently able to obtain a reversal of a decision by an HMO denying one of our clients from obtaining a total hysterectomy. The HMO initially decided that the procedure was not medically necessary even though the client's treating physician ordered the procedure due to diagnostic tests evidencing the strong presence of pre-cancer cells as well as the client's lengthy family history of cancer. The firm, without seeking a fee, challenged the decision, and obtained approval for the procedure.
• The firm recently obtained an award in excess of $900,000 on behalf of two out-of-state residents who were involved in an accident with a commercial truck while visiting Connecticut for a convention.
• Attorney Hirsch obtained a multi-million dollar settlement in a medical malpractice matter that centered around the failure of a physician to timely diagnose a bacterial infection over a five-day period—despite obvious signs of an infectious process—and to take any steps to refer the plaintiff to an emergency room or other physician who would be better qualified to make such a diagnosis. As a result, the plaintiff suffered a stroke and permanent injuries.
• Attorney Hirsch recently obtained a substantial award against an out-of-state trucking company and its driver who caused our client to suffer multiple permanent injuries as a result of the negligent operation of defendants' commercial vehicle. The amount of the award is confidential at the request of the client.
• In a recent employment discrimination case, Attorney Hirsch succeeded in proving that one of the state's largest newspapers wrongfully discharged one of its editors for exercising her rights under the workers' compensation laws.
• Attorney Hirsch also recently obtained a confidential mid-six-figure award in a medical malpractice action involving negligent post-operative care following cataract surgery resulting in vision loss in one eye.

These results represent just a sample, and certainly highlight some of the more notable results Attorney Hirsch has recently obtained. Please know that there is no case, too big or too small, that the Law Offices of Matthew S. Hirsch LLC will not consider.