Jones involved a 67-year-old hospice patient who was severely neglected by her hospice providers, resulting in ten pressure wounds and ultimately her wrongful death. Brian and Sean associated into the case as trial counsel with the case set for trial to occur within a few months. After substituting in as trial counsel, the defense proposed mediation where their highest offer was in the low six figures. The defense repeatedly blamed the family, argued that the damages were limited because our client was on hospice, and claimed that they had “strong” expert support on liability and causation. Brian and Sean walked out of mediation, filed a motion to re-open discovery, took two depositions, and obtained the audit trail of the medical records, which proved that Holistic Hospice had doctored records in an egregious and fraudulent attempt to cover up their negligence.
After obtaining this information, Brian and Sean sent the insurance company a policy limit demand with a 5-day timeline to pay the entire $1,000,000. In a matter of just 3 short months since Brian and Sean associated into the case, the defense offer went from $0 to $1,000,000—the entire policy limit. Brian & Sean’s settlement was published and featured by the Daily Journal.