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The Becker Law Firm

The attorneys of The Becker Law Firm have experience with many types of medical malpractice, personal injury and birth injury cases. We are proud to report we have obtained millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients who were told by other law firms that they had no case. If you or your child experienced a permanent and serious injury that could have been caused by medical negligence, please contact our office.

  • $90 Million Class Action Settlement
    Anthem Insurance Company failed to pay former members of a previous mutual company the full value of their interest. The Becker Law Firm brought a class action suit on behalf of these former members and won a $90 million settlement on their behalf.
    • Michael F. Becker
  • $60.7 Million Personal Injury Electrocution Injury

    Ohio’s Largest Settlement For Single Plaintiff

  • $25.5 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

    Baby Doe was delivered at ABC Hospital in 1994. Her mother experienced a complication just before delivery that led to oxygen deprivation in Baby Doe...

  • $24 Million Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury

    Romney Cullers, Partner with The Becker Law Firm, secured a $24 million settlement on behalf of a college athlete who sustained anoxic brain damage...

    • Romney Cullers
  • $17.3 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury
    Eclamptic patient, child with brain injury
  • $15.9 Million Birth Injury
    Emergency C-section for bradycardia
  • $14.5 Million Cerebral Palsy

    Doctors watched the baby’s condition deteriorate for another 3 ½ hours before finally doing an emergency cesarean. The baby was born with a severe brain hemorrhage which resulted in a permanent brain injury, cerebral palsy and cognitive disability.

  • $13.5 Million Birth Injury

    Becker Law Firm attorneys Michael Becker and David Skall obtained a jury verdict for $13.5 million in Akron, Ohio. The case involved a now 16- year-old boy who suffered a brain injury at the time of birth (specifically a watershed injury). The doctor held liable for causing the boy’s injury is Laura Fortner, M.D., previously of Atrium OB/GYN, Inc.

  • $11 Million Brain Injury

    Partners Michael Becker and Dave Oeschger secured an incredible $11 Million policy limits settlement on behalf of a now 53-year old gentleman who suffered permanent and catastrophic brain injury

  • $8.7 Million Birth Trauma

    Failure to Appropriately Manage Preeclampsia Resulting in Brain Damage

  • $8.5 Million Electrocution Injury

    Please join The Becker Law Firm in recognizing the extraordinary work of Partner, Romney Cullers, for his settlement of $8.5 Million on behalf of the families of two men electrocuted by a downed power line...

  • $8.5 Million Personal Injury

    30 Year Old Male Married with 2 Kids Struck by Commercial Vehicle that Ran a Stop Sign...

  • $8 Million Negligence During Pregnancy

    Failure To Give Prophylactic Antibiotics

  • $8 Million Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

    Romney Cullers secured an extraordinary settlement of $8,000,000.00 on behalf of a now seven-year-old child who suffered catastrophic brain damage at the time of birth. Read more.

  • $6.5 Million Asphyxia

    Hospital’s Nurses Negligently Managed The Patient’s Induction Resulting In Severe Birth Asphyxia And Brain Damage

  • $6 Million Brain Injury

    The Becker Law Firm recognizes partners Michael Becker and Romney Cullers for their outstanding settlement of $6 Million on behalf of a premature baby who suffered brain injuries after being dropped on the floor by hospital personnel.

  • $4.75 Million Medical Malpractice

    In November 2023, a medical negligence settlement of $4.75 million was reached in a tragic case, handled by David Skall from The Becker Law Firm. The lawsuit detailed that a newborn girl, now 4 years old, suffered permanent brain injury and severe disability due to severe trauma and oxygen deprivation during birth.

  • $4.55 Million Medical Malpractice

    In June 2023, Attorney David Skall and the Becker Law Firm secured justice for a 10-year-old boy who suffered life-altering consequences due to medical negligence.

  • $4.5 Million Birth Injury

    Failure to Carefully Ligate Umbilical Cord, Resulting In Severing Child’s Great Toe, Major Fluctuation In Child’s Blood Pressure And Subsequent Brain Damage (Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Delays)

  • $4.5 Million Medical Malpractice

    Endovascular procedure performed by inexperienced surgeon led to stroke and paralysis.

  • $4.35 Million Medical Malpractice

    The Becker Law Firm secured a $4.35M settlement on behalf of the family of a 42-year-old man who underwent a shave biopsy of a mole on his right forearm in 2015.

  • $4.25 Million Birth Injury

    Failure of Obsterical Caregivers to Recognize Maternal Hemorrhage Resulting in Brain Damage

  • $4 Million Asphyxia

    Obstetrical Caregivers Failed to Timely Diagnose Uterine Rupture And Intervene to Avoid Severe Birth Asphyxia And Subsequent Brain Injury

  • $4 Million Birth Injury

    Failure to provide intra-partum and immediate post-partum antibiotics.

  • $4 Million Wrongful Death

    A fatal bus accident case involving a 69-year-old woman who was struck from behind and killed by a city bus while walking in a crosswalk on Public Square in Cleveland.

  • $3.8 Million Wrongful Death

    The Becker Law Firm is pleased to congratulate partner Romney Cullers for his resolution of wrongful death claims on behalf of parents grieving the loss of their 7-month-old daughter.

  • $3.76 Million Birth Injury

    Partners Michael Becker and David Skall settled a Federal Tort Claims Act case for $3.76 million for the family of a child injured at birth.

  • $3.75 Million Medical Malpractice

    Attorney Romney Cullers obtained a $3.75 Million settlement for the family of a 56-year-old man who died of a fatal cardiovascular condition several hours after discharge from an emergency room at a community hospital in Ohio.

  • $3.625 Million Birth Injury
    The Becker Law Firm secured a $3.625M settlement for the family of a newborn who suffered permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy when the obstetrician and nurse managing labor failed to properly respond to signs of fetal distress, allowed the baby’s heart rate to remain too low for too long, and delayed in performing an emergency C-section. When defendants disputed liability, Partner Romney Cullers worked with multiple experts to demonstrate that the pattern of brain injury shown on MRIs were not consistent with those caused by infection, and were more likely the result of oxygen deprivation during labor.
  • $3.5 Million Asphyxia

    Failure To Appreciate Fetal Distress

  • $3.25 Million Wrongful Death

    Our attorney team at The Becker Law Firm is proud to announce that we obtained a $3.25 million settlement in favor of our clients whose child suffered a wrongful death due to oxycodone.

  • $3.14 Million Birth Injury

    Failure to perform timely cesarean section which resulted in severe birth asphyxia.

  • $2.9 Million Birth Injury

    Attorney Romney Cullers obtained a $2.9 million settlement on behalf of a young boy who experienced a serious brain injury at birth.

  • $2.75 Million Birth Injury
    This case involved a 23-year-old woman whose attending obstetrician failed to appreciate severe pre-eclampsia. The plaintiff ultimately went on to sustain eclampsia (seizures) which resulted in her death. Her child survived in a healthy state after emergency cesarean section. The attending obstetrician was sued under failure to timely diagnose pre-eclampsia.
  • $2.75 Million Birth Injury

    Failure to Appreciate Uterine Rupture And Intervene Via Emergency Cesarean Section

  • $2.5 Million Birth Injury

    Mother with multiple risk factors for shoulder dystocia was not informed of potential risks of vaginal delivery and was not offered an elective cesarean. Instead, labor was induced and managed by residents who failed to assure that an attending obstetrician was present for the delivery...

  • $2.5 Million Birth Injury

    Bilateral shoulder dystocia complication with neurological damage to both arms.

  • $2.5 Million Premises Liability - Drowning

    A wrongful death case over the drowning death of a 12-year-old boy who had been attending a summer camp in rural Ohio.

  • $2.1 Million Asphyxia

    Failure to Timely Appreciate Patient’s Fetal Distress And to Intervene to Avoid Her Birth Asphyxia

  • $2.1 Million Asphyxia

    Failure to Timely Appreciate Asphyxia Process And to Intervene Via Emergency Cesarean Section

  • $2 Million Maternal Wrongful Death

    Failure To Timely Diagnose And Treat Pre-Eclampsia