TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction………................................................................ vi

About Keenan’s Kids Foundation…………………………..viii

About the Inner Circle………………………………………xxi

1. Closing Arguments……………………………………….1
Closing Argument: The Three Necessities
David Ball, Ph.D.

2. Paralysis; Automobile ……………………………………11
15 year-old passenger in a car which lost control on the interstate due to a defective condition in the roadway causing paralysis.
Jan Baisch

3. Brain Damage; Medical Malpractice……………………..36
Brain damage of newborn baby boy due to failure to recognize and adequately treat hypoglycemia. Baby was discharged prior to diagnosis.
Rex Carr

4. Emotional / Physical Abuse; Child Molestation………….73
Inadequate investigation of sexual abuse allegations against a Mokapu Elementary School teacher who later molested two students ages 10 and 11 at the Kaneohe School. The suit was brought against Hawaii Department of Education.
Mark Davis

5. Shoulder Dystocia; Medical Malpractice………………….87
One year-old child with shoulder dystocia. Mother was high risk and the perinatologist failed to appreciate the advance warning of this risk and deliver the baby via c-section.
Dennis Donnelly

6. Blood Disease; Medical Malpractice…………………….119
Wrongful birth action in which the mother was misdiagnosed as anemic early in pregnancy and gave birth to son with Thalassemia major, a genetic blood disorder.
Dennis Donnelly


7. Child Death; Automobile……………………………...135
A 5 year-old boy was fatally injured when he was hit, dragged and eventually run over by a school bus owned by Van Buren Public Schools.
Richard Friedman

8. Paralysis; Automobile …………………………………153
A product liability case against Ford Motor Company for a 12 year-old boy who was paralyzed due to a defective seatbelt.
Tom Girardi

9. Brain Damage; Medical Malpractice…………………..188
Maternal herpes was transmitted to the child during birth due to the placement of an internal scalp electrode (ISE) during labor.
Don C. Keenan

10. Emotional / Physical Abuse; Child Molestation……….214
Sexual molestation of a young girl by her wealthy stepfather.
Don C. Keenan

11. Death; Premise Liability……………………………….221
An eight-year-old boy who drowned in an unattended swimming pool on the first day at a summer camp. There had been two lifeguards at the pool, but one was on a break and the other had left to use the bathroom at the time of the incident.
Thomas Kline

12. Death; Premise Liability………………………………..235
A twenty-eight year old woman was killed when a section of the roof from the ride “The Whip” at Kennywood Park collapsed during a storm. Wilkerson died when she was struck by the collapsing roof and pinned against a metal fence.
Thomas Kline

13. Death; Wrongful Death…………………………………245
25 year-old college student and father of 10 month-old daughter is shot and killed by a Prince George’s County undercover police officer.
Patrick Malone


14. Brain Damage; Medical Malpractice…………………254
A baby was not delivered via Cesarean Section in a timely manner causing Spinal Cord compression resulting in brain damage.
Jack Olender

15. Death; Railway Accident……………………………...277
Municipal Railway truck crash on February 11, 2003 that killed 4-year-old Elizabeth Dominguez and injured and severely traumatized her mother, the little girl's best friend and her best friend's grandmother.
Brian Panish

16. Spinal Injury; Products Liability……………………….334
4-year-old girl who suffered a "hangman's fracture" at C2 when she submarined under a shoulder belt in a collision.
Peter Perlman

17. Paralysis; Automobile ………………………………….347
While running errands for work, an insurance company employee’s vehicle struck a 3 ½ year old boy on a residential street.
Joseph Power

18. Death; Medical Malpractice……………………………370
Death of an infant boy after Dr. Mark Polin and several nurses at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital acted with "reckless disregard" for the infant's life.
Joseph Quinn

19. Brain Damage; Products Liability………………………406
Child inadvertently swallowed a toy resulting in permanently irreversibly brain-damage for life.
Edward Swartz