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Kentucky's only Board Certified Medical Malpractice and Legal Malpractice Trial Specialist, concentrating on serious automobile accident and malpractice cases. WILLIAM F. MCMURRY specializes in medical and legal malpractice matters, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation, and insurance bad faith lawsuits. He recently obtained a $2.9 million verdict on behalf of a small town attorney who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He also received a recent medical malpractice jury verdict of $2.1 million arising out of the failure to diagnose and treat a stroke patient. He is currently pursuing product liability cases against manufacturers of medical devices, contact lens solutions and ophthalmological surgical devices. Mr. McMurry recently settled the only nationwide class action ever certified by a Circuit Court in Kentucky for an estimated value of $16 million. The class action involved 15,000 elderly class members who fell victim to a life insurance scam. Mr. McMurry has devoted much of the past five years to victims of the Roman Catholic Church childhood sexual abuse scandal. He represented 214 victims who filed complaints against the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky and was named lead counsel for the settlement class of 243 victims in Louisville who settled their claims in June 2003, for $25.7 million. That settlement was then the largest payout to victims consisting exclusively of the funds of a diocese or archdiocese. Mr. McMurry is currently pursuing a nationwide class action against the Holy See, seeking to hold the Vatican accountable for its role in the sexual abuse suffered by tens of thousands of Catholic children in this country. Mr. McMurry is recognized in Martindale-Hubbell’s BAR REGISTER OF PREEMINENT LAWYERS in the fields of legal and medical malpractice and has been awarded the “AV” rating by that organization. He is the only attorney in Kentucky Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (ABPLA) as a Specialist in Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice. Mr. McMurry is also Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) and by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization. More information regarding Mr. McMurry, including his verdicts and settlements, can be viewed at his website, www.courtroomlaw.com.