Read My Story - David H. Krause

Personal goals and goalposts have played a big role in David Krause’s life. As tight end for Cleveland’s semi-professional football team, the North Coast Outlaws, David was a player his teammates could rely on. “”I take an aggressive approach in everything I tackle,” says David. “That goes for on the field when playing football or taking depositions fighting for my clients.”

When David was deciding on a professional career he sensed that his aggressive, competitive personality and his strong English and writing skills would serve him well in the courtroom. After he graduated law school David zeroed in on the field of medical negligence and nursing home neglect. “My mother died of nursing home neglect and her experience was my first introduction to the legal system,” he says.

As the head of Seaman Garson LLC’s Medical Negligence and Nursing home Neglect Department David never loses sight of his objectives - to achieve successful recoveries for egregious wrongs.

“I work very hard is to bring offenders in front of a judge and jury,” he says. “In America there is open discussion about discrimination and violation of human rights, yet the civil rights of our elderly are habitually violated within nursing home walls. Unless frail, ill elderly have family members who can care for them they get warehoused in facilities that don’t treat them as dignified human beings, but as pieces of furniture. On a moral level I find this system abhorrent. That is why I will go to battle for these individuals and their families. I’m fortunate that other members of Seaman Garson LLC share this passion.”

When David is not battling for his clients’ legal rights, he enjoys the quality time he spends with his wife, children and extended blended family that includes Hispanic, Irish, Korean and biracial members. “We are our own model United Nations,” he quips. He also likes to fish, garden, and work on carpentry projects.

“My life is so full,” he says. “And I never lose sight of what my father told me. ‘The best way to love your wife is to love her children.’”

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Friday, September 3, 2010

$150,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who died from malnutrition. The patient lost 90lbs. over a period of months because no one on the staff fed him, or monitored his condition. When his condition was discovered, no staff member consulted with a physician.

$250,000 settlement for a patient who developed decubitus ulcers, which led to pulmonary vascular disease. The onset of this disease resulted in his leg being amputated.

$125,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who was known to wander off. The nursing home was using temporary staff members who never read the patient's chart. As a result, they never activated a wander guard and alarm. The patient got out of bed and fell sustaining a fatal head injury.

$150,000 settlement for an 89 year old nursing home resident who sustained fatal injuries when she fell out of bed onto the floor. The nursing home said she had left the bed on her own. However, an investigation of the nursing home records revealed that on 67 prior occasions she was checked while in bed and had never moved on her own. The only conclusion to be reached was that someone dropped her. The case was settled prior to trial

$150,000 settlement for the death of an 88 year old nursing home resident who developed an decubitus ulcer. He died because the staff did not to properly monitor his condition and failed to follow their own internal policies and procedures for care and treatment.

Represented a 19 year-old double amputation victim. While riding a motorcycle when struck by another vehicle resulting in a policy limits settlement.

Represented a 35 year-old husband and wife who were struck on a motorcycle while stopped at a light at an intersection, resulting in multiple pelvic, leg, and arm fractures. The case settled for $650,000.

Represented a 26 year-old male who was struck on a motorcycle by a motorist making an illegal left turn, resulting in severe traumatic brain injury, requiring occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy. The case settled for $250,000 policy limits.

Settled a quadriplegic truck accident for damages in excess of $1,000,000 liability insurance limits.

Have litigated and tried to verdict several cases involving trucks stopped on roadways without adequate warning.

Settled improper loading and failure to secure load cases.

Litigated and settled many truck vs. auto cases resulting in over one million dollars in settlements.

$150,000 settlement for an 85 year old Alzheimer patient who died from malnutrition.

Settled a quadriplegic truck accident case for damages in excess of $1,000,000 liability insurance limits.

$250,000 settlement for a patient who developed decubitus ulcers, which led to pulmonary vascular disease and the amputation of his leg.

$650,000 settlement for a 35 year-old husband and wife who were struck on a motorcycle, resulting in multiple pelvic, leg, and arm fractures.

$150,000 settlement for the death of an 88 year old nursing home resident who developed an decubitus ulcer.

Represented a 26 year-old male who was struck on a motorcycle by a motorist making an illegal left turn, resulting in severe traumatic brain injury. The case settled for $250,000 policy limits.