James Matthew Thompson

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen Professional Corporation
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Cases: Flynn v. L.M., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of OB/GYN, where plaintiff alleged ureter injury during laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy resulted in stenting, ureterectomy
  reimplantation,
  eventual nephrectomy in 33 year old patient. The plaintiff also claimed PTSD
  other psychological injuries as a result of the surgical complication.
  Barry v. J.V., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of cardiovascular
  thoracic surgeon, where plaintiff alleged wrongful death of 55 year old male resulting from a failure to timely diagnose acute mesenteric ischemia
  obtain surgical consult on a patient admitted to the hospital for unrelated peripheral artery angiography.
  Bishop v. P.R., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of family physician, where plaintiff alleged wrongful death of 56 year old female resulting from a failure to order an inpatient cardiology consult
  /or exercise stress test for a patient who reported to the emergency department
  was subsequently admitted for complaints of chest pain at rest that radiated to the neck
  jaw
  left arm numbness. The patient died one day after discharge
  two days before a scheduled outpatient exercise stress test.
  Mondragon v. K.A., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of colorectal surgeon, where plaintiff developed severe incontinence following hemorrhoidectomy
  sphincterotomy. Plaintiff alleged that incontinence was caused by an unnecessary sphincterotomy,
  that informed consent was not provided for the sphincterotomy because it was not contained within the consent to treatment.
  Arvanitis v. R.M., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of gastroenterologist, where plaintiff's sigmoid colon was perforated during diagnostic colonoscopy, resulting in emergent laparotomy
  sigmoid colon resection
  subsequent incisional hernia repair.
  Faso v. S.G., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of surgeon/intensivist, where plaintiff alleged failure to timely diagnose a post operative bleed
  timely return to surgery following roux-en-y gastric bypass, resulting in code blue
  hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with permanent neurological deficit in 50 year old male.
  Sayles v. K.K., M.D. Defense verdict in favor of pathologist, where plaintiff alleged failure to diagnose
  failure to warn surgeon of peri-rectal neuroendocrine tumor in 42 yr. old female resulting in metastatic disease
  death.
  Nichols v. Hospital Medical malpractice action which arose from complications following surgical repair of a giant hernia. Plaintiff sustained catastrophic injuries, including blindness, removal of a hip due to persistent infection,
  an ileostomy. During the course of the litigation, the parties disclosed a total of 24 expert witnesses across multiple disciplines. The case was settled favorably following a second mediation.
  Mwesigwa v. DAP, Inc. Assisted in obtaining summary judgment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, which found that the Federal Hazardous Substances Act preempts any state law cause of action based upon a theory that a product's label should have included warnings not required by the FHSA. District Court's grant of summary judgment was subsequently affirmed by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.