In 2007, Steve Markey and Amy Orsi settled two six figure legal malpractice claims.  Both cases were against attorneys who failed to file the Plaintiffs? claims within the applicable statute of limitations.  Once again the actual amounts of the settlements is confidential.

      Steve reached a significant settlement against a builder and subcontractor as a result of serious personal injury and death arising out of the ownership of a defectively constructed condominium.  After moving into their condominium, the Plaintiff and her now deceased husband began experiencing various health problems, and both were ultimately diagnosed with cancer.  Subsequent to their diagnosis, the Plaintiff was notified that there was an issue with the construction of the condominium community in which she and her family resided and became ill, and that the construction defects led to the development of toxic mold.

      Steve also reached a sizable settlement against a Baltimore area orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action wherein the doctor performed back surgery on a pre-teen who suffered from scoliosis.  Following surgery, it was discovered that the instrumentation placed in the minor child?s back was too short and was not adequately secure.  As a result, the minor child had to undergo corrective surgery.  Steve resolved several other medical and legal malpractice cases this year.  

      Amy settled a wrongful death auto accident case on behalf of a minor child whose father was killed in an auto accident by a driver who ran a red light.

     Steve also settled a six figure medical malpractice claim against an emergency room physician who misdiagnosed his client as having a urinary tract infection instead of appendicitis.  As a result, the client?s appendix ruptured, thereby requiring emergency surgery.

     Following two mediation conferences and on the eve of trial, Steve recently resolved a medical malpractice case on behalf of a child against an Eastern shore surgeon that damaged a nerve during a lymph node biopsy that should never have been performed.  The settlement will provide funds to allow the child to attend private school and college or trade school.  It also provides payments for the life of the child.  Aside from assisting the victim of the malpractice, one of the more satisfying aspects of the settlement is that three prominent malpractice attorneys turned the case down before Steve accepted the case.

     Amy resolved an automobile accident case just prior to trial in Prince George?s County.  The client was struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a one way street.  As a result, the client sustained serious permanent injury to his low back.  The case settled for six figures shortly after Amy deposed the Defense expert doctor who admitted the client?s injuries were caused by the accident.

     Amy also obtained a judgment totaling $153,500.00 on behalf of a family who was injured in Western, Maryland when the minivan they were traveling in was struck head on by a driver who fell asleep and crossed the center line.

     In 2005, Stephen A. Markey and Amy Orsi reached a $500,000.00 settlement against 3 defendants and obtained $1,00,000 judgment against the remaining defendants for a client who was injured in a construction accident.   The client fell approximately 30 feet when the scaffold he was working on collapsed causing him to fracture his vertebrae.  The defendants against whom the $1,000,000 judgment was obtained have assigned their rights to our client to go after the insurance company who denied them a defense.

     Steve obtained a judgment in the amount of $475,000 against an individual who sexually molested a client when she was a child.  Subsequent to having judgment entered against him, the defendant filed bankruptcy claiming insolvency.  Steve and Amy were able to recover $340,000 of the $475,000 judgment in the bankruptcy proceedings.

     In 2004, Stephen Markey obtained a $505,000.00 settlement for a 65 year old woman in a premises liability case against an apartment complex.  The client had fallen when the railing she was using for support collapsed causing her to break her hip requiring surgery.  Amy Orsi settled an automobile accident case in the amount of $250,000 against a truck driver and trucking company.  Steve and Amy settled a slip and fall case against Toys R Us in the amount of $225,000 after a client slipped on hydraulic fluid leaking from a piece of equipment.