William J. Maddix
Experience
- Represents plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury, and other cases involving negligence.
- Special interest in handling medical malpractice and negligence claims involving gastric bypass surgery, anesthesiology, medication errors, drug overdose, laboratory mistakes, cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, family practice, infectious disease, pediatrics, radiology, surgery, failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis, and wrong diagnosis.
- Experience handling a variety of injury claims on behalf of plaintiffs both at the trial court and appellate level.
Other Experience
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerome Farris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Pro bono work for disabled children and adults
- Little League Coach
Selected Results*
Represented a patient in a case in which Minnesota Supreme Court recognized a common law cause of action against a hospital for negligent credentialing of a physician. Larson v. Wasemiller, 738, N.W.2d 300 (Minn. 2007).
$3.1 million recovery for an 18-year-old whose arm was amputated in a boating accident. Read More
$2.7 million settlement for negligent decision to attempt high risk, lytic clot busting therapy resulting in stroke of 42-year-old man. Read More
$2.6 million settlement in a negligence case where the ovaries were removed in a young girl without consent.
$2.5 million recovery due to anesthesia error during sinus surgery on 43-year-old male.
$2 million settlement for failure to diagnose and treat volvulus (twisting of colon) in a timely manner in 62-year-old woman resulting in permanent disability. Read More
$650,000 settlement for negligent performance of gastric bypass surgery. Read More
$500,000 settlement for negligent decision to perform radio-frequency ablation procedure resulting in digestion problems and lifting restrictions for 42-year-old woman.
$250,000 settlement for failure to appreciate the signs of fetal distress, order any interventions, including giving patient oxygen, turning patient, or shutting off the Pitocin resulting in death of newborn. Read More
Media
Quoted in:
- American Medical News (American Medical Association)
- Medical Economics
- Minnesota Lawyer
Recognition
- Listed in the "Top Personal Injury Recoveries of 2007," Minnesota Law & Politics**
Memberships
- Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association)
- American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers
- State Bar of Wisconsin
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif (1987), Editor-in-Chief, Iowa Law Review
- University of Iowa, B.A., History, Phi Beta Kappa (1981)
Selected Speeches
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Hospital Liability
National Business Institute, Bloomington, Minnesota
(December 6, 2007)
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Litigating Perioperative Vision Loss Cases
Professional Malpractice Association, Kansas City, Missouri
(June 5, 2007)
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Lessons Learned from Trial
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Individual and Mass Tort Group
(March 16, 2007)
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Alternative Theories of Liability
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, Minneapolis, MN
(04/20/2006)
- Negligent Credentialing and Privileging Claims Against Hospitals
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, (2005 Summer Conference)
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