Troy Stafford is a civil litigator who focuses his practice on representing individuals or families who have suffered a catastrophic injury or wrongful death as well as business litigation in State and Federal courts. He also represents several NASCAR teams and individual licensees regarding their contracts, sponsorships, and business endeavors.
Throughout his distinguished legal career, he has served as lead attorney in many court actions involving catastrophically injured individuals, wrongful death claims, as well as multi-plaintiff actions including but not limited to medical negligence claims, prescription drug errors, faulty medical device claims, breach of contract claims, bad faith insurance claims, and construction defect claims. Recently, Troy served as lead counsel for a multi-plaintiff medical negligence court action that yielded a $3 million resolution for his clients. He and his co-counsel, E. Troy Blakeney, represented a six-year-old boy who was catastrophically injured as a result of a spinal surgery error and resolved the case for $6.5 million. Additionally, he and his firm were lead counsel representing a client and his family injured in an automobile accident and who was rendered a quadriplegic; that case yielded a $10 Million settlement with multiple parties.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Member of the Bar for the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Member of the Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Member of the North Carolina State Bar
Member of the North Carolina Bar Association
Member of the Mecklenburg County Bar
Member of the American Inns of Court, Master
Member of the North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
2019-Personal Injury -Van leaves the highway and struck a man in a shopping center-he suffered severe and permanent injuries to legs and back - $1,150.000.00
2019-Wrongful death- Elderly lady killed in a commercial vehicle on Interstate - $1,100,000.00
2019 – Motorcycle accident – Man injured when the vehicle crashed into him while riding his motorcycle – caused concussion and leg injury - $145,000.00
2020 Man suffers respiratory arrest during the outpatient procedure in same-day surgery center – suffers permanent injuries - $2,500,000.00
2020 Woman is injured from delay in diagnosis and treatment of cancer – $500,000.00
2019 Failure to treat stroke- Man in hospital for other healthcare and providers fail to timely recognize and treat stroke- $1,500,000.00
2019 Failure to inform of cancer findings – man has laboratory test and health provider neglects to inform him that he has cancer and causes a delay in treatment- $550,000.00
2019 Failure to diagnose cancer- Woman has examination but healthcare provider fails to diagnose and timely treat cancer - $325,000.00
2019 Failure to treat bedsores – Man in hospital developed bed sores that were not timely diagnosed or treated - $225,000.00
