Since 1998, Stacy has focused her practice exclusively on the defense of health care providers, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, hospitals and other allied health professionals. She has defended allegations of medical negligence in the areas of radiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, and family and internal medicine.
Stacy has tried dozens of cases of alleged medical negligence to verdict in six counties in the state of Ohio. She also defends health care professionals in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Her practice also includes advising medical professionals and institutions in pre-trial investigations and risk management.
Stacy is board certified in Trial Advocacy and Civil Procedure by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer and Rising Star, as well as one of the Best Lawyers in America. She also speaks and writes about issues related to medical negligence and risk management. Stacy is passionate about the defense of medical care providers, and is dedicated to educating them and the public about the seldom-discussed impact of medical negligence allegations on health care providers.
Honors & awards
Attorneys Listed by Best Lawyers in America
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
2010-present
Ohio Super Lawyers
2010-2020
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star
2005-2007, 2009
Year joined
2015
Certifications
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
Results
Defense Verdict for Radiologist in Med-Mal Case
Health Care Liability
December 6, 2016
Obtained a defense verdict in a complicated medical malpractice case in Ohio. We represented a radiologist who interpreted a brain MRI for a woman who was believed to have suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack. The radiologist did not report any significant abnormalities on the brain MRI, but the patient went on to have a devastating stroke six weeks later. The co-defendants were the family physicians who ordered the brain MRI and who did not order a carotid artery study, which is the study of choice to determine the source of a TIA.
Physician Exonerated in Lung Cancer Case
Health Care Liability
September 21, 2015
Won a defense verdict in a case involving a delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer in a 55-year-old non-smoker. A lung nodule was found, coincidentally, by the defendant ER Medicine Physician, on a CAT scan of the plaintiff's chest after he was involved in a bicycle crash following a cardiac event. The plaintiff was admitted to the hospital where he underwent a catheterization. He was sent home without being told of the finding and claimed he was not told until seven months later, after which he waited another four months to see a physician. The client admitted that h
Thought Leadership
Stacy Starcher to Speak at NBI Medical Malpractice Seminar
Health Care Liability
October 22, 2018
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Marshall Dennehey Announces 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
December 6, 2017
Marshall Dennehey is pleased to announce that David J. Fagnilli and Stacy A. Starcher, shareholders in the firm's Cleveland office, have been selected to the 2018 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers magazine.
Marshall Dennehey Expands Health Care Practice in Ohio
Health Care Liability
January 12, 2015
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin announced today the expansion of its Ohio health care practice with the additions of Stacy Ragon Delgros, Shareholder, and Kenneth W. McCain, Associate, to the firm's Cleveland office.
Classes/Seminars Taught
Proving Your Case - Standard of Care, Causation and Experts, National Business Institute's Medical Malpractice From Start to Finish seminar, Independence, OH, November 8, 2018
The Apology Statute, Ohio 2012