Exhaustive case preparation and confident, professional presentation in the courtroom or at the negotiating table have been the hallmark of Butler, Vines and Babb for more than a quarter century. As a result, we have participated in many prestigious cases and have achieved great success for our clients. Verdicts, judgments, and settlements where the firm represented the injured party include:

OTHER SETTLEMENTS SUBJECT TO CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT REQUIRED BY DEFENDANTS:

• Quadraplegia resulting from x-ray error - failure to discover broken neck
• Nursing Home Neglect (multiple cases)
• Total disability brain damage following surgery
• Foreign object (catheter) left in patient during surgery
• Child dies during birth following uterine rupture
• Failure to diagnose prostate cancer
• Extensive injuries and burns from surgical fire during opthalmic (eye) surgery
• Spinal accessory nerve injury during biopsy of neck
• Homes destroyed and damaged during landslide as a result of negligent engineering
• Catastrophic birth injury resulting from failure to perform C-section in a timely manner
• Pedestrian struck by a tractor-trailer
• Rear-end collision by tractor-trailer trucks severely injuring driver (multiple cases)
• Rear-end collision by RV resulting in catastrophic injuries
• Head-on collision with drunk driver severely injuring client
• Failure to diagnose serious medical conditions in Emergency Room resulting in patient's death.  Multiple cases include heart failure and intestinal blockage
• Inappropriate cardiac stenting resulting in loss of kidney function
• Failure to properly implant catheter resulting in patient death
• Failure to diagnose scoliosis in female child (multiple cases)
• Failure to properly manage delivery resulting in shoulder dystocia/Erb's palsy birth injury
• Post-surgical care resulting in hospital-acquired infection
• Consumer Protection Act warranty claim against manufacterer of defective building materials
• Successfully challenged TDOT's right to take land and demolish family-owned business
• Injuries during laprascopic surgery, including gall bladder
• Vehicle collisions (numerous)
• Injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Multiple cases)
• Failure to treat impending heart attack (multiple cases)
• Defective heart valve installed in patient
• Defectively manufactured vehicle leading to tragic injury
• Grain elevator explosion resulting in total disability
• Train wreck causing death
• Attorney injured in plane crash
• Failure to diagnose internal injuries

Verdicts or settlements discussed herein are not intended to create an unjustified expectation about results the lawyer or law firm can achieve or imply that the firm can achieve similar results in future litigation.