Case: Frederick Daniel Crowe III v. Cleveland Clinic Florida et al.

Case no: 11020220-26

Description: Medical malpractice

Filing date: Aug. 22, 2011

Trial date: March 5-31, 2015

Judge: Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning

Plaintiff's attorneys: John Shipley and Darryl Lewis, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, West Palm Beach

Defense attorney: Thomas Aubin and Matthew Podolnick, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, Fort Lauderdale

Verdict amount: For the defense

Details: When an American Airlines pilot accused his surgeon and anesthesiologist of causing nerve damage that cost him his career, the Stearns Weaver defense attorneys needed a vigorous argument to stop the $10.5 million medical malpractice suit.

Former pilot Daniel Crowe sued Cleveland Clinic Florida, surgeon Steven Wexner and anesthesiologist Jeffrey Jacobs for $6.5 million in economic damages plus $4 million for pain and suffering.