Lindell & Lavoie LLP

Lindell & Lavoie LLP James Lavoie, Ben Lavoie, and their team agreed in 2014 to represent an undergraduate student who was the victim of medical malpractice. The student suffered general sickness and headaches throughout the 2013 summer, and doctors couldn't determine the cause. The young man was so sick in October 2013 that he decided to go to a local Emergency Room. He called his mom telling her what was happening before driving to the hospital. Sensing the seriousness, his mom also drove the 70 miles. The emergency room admitted him to hospital, and it was the worst headache he ever had. He also told the doctor that he felt dizzy and nauseatic. He was also reporting difficulty walking. When examined by the doctor, he was having issues balancing, and when they asked him to walk, he couldn't walk in a straight line. We provide experienced representation in personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation to Minneapolis, St. Paul and throughout the Twin Cities Metro and the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin. A retired machinist suffered chronic back pain. Our client was treated at the Sioux Falls Hospital by a South Dakota Neurosurgeon who recommended fusion surgery. The surgeon and assistant did not take any precautions, they misidentified what level surgery was intended for and carried out the procedure on the wrong spinal level. Three days after the mistake, our client was paralyzed by his injury to his spine. The paralysis was from his waist downwards, and he had lost control of bowel and bladder. The case settled for $1.4M after many depositions, and with numerous expert witnesses. A South Dakota mediator assisted in the mediation. The mediator said that this was the biggest settlement ever in a South Dakota malpractice case.