Robert A. Mooney - Omaha, NE

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1997
    Law Degree

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Nebraska, 1994
    Undergraduate Degree

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• Estate of Lear v. Omaha Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, P.C. (Douglas County District Court) (2023) Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Physician was negligent resulting in patient death following lung lobectomy procedure. Mr. Mooney won a defense verdict for his client in this multi-million dollar case following an eight-day jury trial.
• Estate of Davis v. Mid-City OB/GYN, P.C. (Douglas County District Court) (2023) Plaintiff alleged that defendant physician perforated patient’s bowel during gynecologic procedure resulting in sepsis and death. Mr. Mooney secured a defense verdict in favor of his clients in this multi-million dollar case following a two week jury trial.
• Estate of Schaeffer v. Mid-City OB/GYN, P.C. (Douglas County District Court) (2022), Plaintiff alleged that defendant physicians committed malpractice in perforating patient’s bowel during gynecologic procedure resulting in patient death. Mr. Mooney won a defense verdict after a two-week jury trial.
• Estate of Selvage v. Fallbrook Family Healthcare, (Lancaster County District Court) (2022), Plaintiff alleged failure to diagnose ESBL-resistant E-Coli Urinary Tract infection resulting in sepsis and death. Mr. Mooney won a defense verdict for his client after a 5-day trial.
• Estate of Joseph Gustafson v. Nebraska Medicine, et al. (Douglas County District Court) (2022), Plaintiff alleged a failure to recognize and diagnose a lacerated spleen resulting in bleeding and death. Mr. Mooney’s client prevailed after a 6-day jury trial.
• Linda Head v. Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. (Douglas County, Nebraska District Court) (2021), Plaintiff claimed Mr. Mooney’s client failed to appreciate lung cancer on chest X-Ray and due to failure to diagnose, her cancer became more advanced. After a 5-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Mooney’s client.
• Marcus Connors v. Tri-County Area Hospital District, et al (Dawson County, Nebraska District Court, Case No. CI 16-96) (2018), After two co-defendants settled their claims, Mr. Mooney’s physician defendant proceeded to trial in this failure to diagnose and treat internal bleeding lawsuit. The jury returned a defense verdict.
• Estate of Michael Kroll v. Dr. Jody Istas (Douglas County, Nebraska District Court, Case No. CI 13-1165) (2017), After an eight-day jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Mooney’s and all other defendants in this failure to diagnose stroke/wrongful case.
• John Logan, et al v. Midwest Gastroenterology, P.C., et al (Douglas County, Nebraska District Court, Case No. CI 14-965)(2017), Jury found in favor of the Defendants in a medical malpractice action asserting injury during colonoscopy.

Published Works

Articles

• Nebraska Defense Counsel Association Newsletter – Summer 2011 Issue
  
• Taking Your Opponent’s Expert’s Deposition: Practice Considerations in Light of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s Decision in Walton v. Patil