October 2009 – Following a defense verdict in a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery case, Ms. Tamura D. Coffey and Mr. J. Chad Bomar learned that they will reargue an element of that trial before the trial court because of the recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision in Crocker v. Roethling. Ms. Coffey and Mr. Bomar have the opportunity to be among the first in the state to test the new “voir dire” creation by the courts of appeal in medical negligence cases when experts apply a national standard of care without having any knowledge of the local community in which they are testifying.
September 2009 – Coffey Bomar LLP welcomed a new associate, Ms. J. Rebekah Biggerstaff, to the team of experienced attorneys and staff. Ms. Biggerstaff is a recent honors graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law.
May 2009 – Ms. Coffey and Ms. Amanda B. Palmieri achieved a defense verdict for a Winston-Salem obstetrician in an alleged birth trauma case tried in Forsyth County. Plaintiff alleged a single forcep during c-section caused a subgaleal hemorrhage and ultimate brain injury. Defense experts from North Carolina and across the Northeast testified that use of a single forcep was an accepted practice and that its use could not have caused any hemorrhage. Rather, defense experts proved that the femme and minor child suffered from a bleeding disorder that resulted in the hemorrhage and bleeding for mother and baby after birth, and brain injury to the child.
April 2009 – The North Carolina Supreme Court ended the appeal of plaintiffs in a medical negligence case following a defense verdict in favor of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Forsyth Medical Center in an impaired infant case alleging obstetrical malpractice. Ms. Coffey was the primary attorney at trial and on appeal of that matter.
