Simon Law Wins Landmark $50 Million Wrongful Death Settlement in Case Against National Medical Equipment Provider in alleged failure to Provide Essential Respiratory Equipment
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – A man with special needs died after a national medical equipment provider allegedly failed to replace his medical device in a timely manner. Now, the deceased’s family will receive $50 million.
The deceased, a young man with intellectual disabilities also suffered from a serious respiratory condition, and required a respiratory device to help him breathe at night. After his respiratory device allegedly failed, his mother called the durable medical equipment supplier repeatedly for help. Days later, his mother found him unresponsive in his bed, dead from the respiratory condition.
Simon Law Attorneys Johnny Simon and Jared Waldhoff along with Kenny Powell of The Powell Law Firm represented the victim.
“We alleged our client did everything she could to try to get her son the lifesaving device he needed to survive and was continually dismissed, sometimes ignored and shuffled around in the bureaucratic nightmare this company has created,” said Simon Law Attorney Johnny Simon. “No amount of money can ever bring back our client’s son, but a landmark settlement like this holds this company accountable for its egregious conduct that we believe led to the death of a beautiful soul.”
A confidentiality agreement was part of the settlement, so Simon Law cannot name the major durable medical equipment supplier involved, but the St. Louis-based law firm accused the company of ignoring the mother’s pleas for help, violating federal Medicare standards by failing to provide a loaner machine, and choosing to seek reimbursement rather than aid a young man they knew needed help.
“Parents of children and adults with special needs spend their lives advocating for their children, sometimes serving as the voice they do not have,” Simon said. “This settlement serves as a voice for the young man who we allege needlessly died in this case and says ignoring a population that can’t speak for itself will not be tolerated.”
Simon Law was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 2001 and has grown to a nationally-recognized personal injury and business litigation firm. The National Law Journal dubbed Simon Law one of the “winningest firms” in the U.S. The firm has won nearly $2 billion in verdicts in just 12 recent months.
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