April 2010 – Defense Verdict in Recent Medical Malpractice Trial - The team of Tamura D. Coffey and J. Chad Bomar successfully defended two family practitioners practicing obstetrics in rural North Carolina in a case alleging failure to timely deliver and subsequent cerebral palsy.
Spring 2010 – Ms. Coffey was nominated by her peers to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in North Carolina by SuperLawyer’s Magazine in addition to the distinction of SuperLawyer for the third consecutive year.
Spring 2010 – Mr. Bomar successfully pursued and received an order for summary judgment of a hospital defendant in a medical malpractice action where the plaintiff failed to properly certify and retain an expert qualified under Rule 9(j) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
Winter 2009/Spring 2010– Mr. Bomar was named to a distinguished list of 2009 Carolina Impact Leaders by Triad Business Leader Magazine and further nominated by his peers as a Rising Star for the second year running in SuperLawyer’s Magazine.
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.
