Complicated procedures must be performed or supervised by competent experienced physicians. It is not allowed for inexperienced residents to perform such procedures when not carefully supervised by experienced, knowledgeable surgeons. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened to our client when a resident was allowed to perform a procedure on this elderly woman. During deposition, it was learned for the...
Read MorePrison cases are difficult. Jurors are not necessarily sympathetic to prisoners who have acted irresponsibly and are imprisoned. However, we must not ever tolerate denial of emergency medical care to prisoners. This is exactly what happened here. This poor woman was incarcerated for a not too lengthy sentence. During her incarceration, she had the misfortune to experience an appendicitis....
Read MorePulmonary embolism is a great risk for many surgeries. Its signs and symptoms much be carefully monitored. If they are not, tragedy can result. In this case, the patient was a forty year-old mother and wife. She underwent weight reduction surgery. She was monitored, but the outpatient facility seemed to ignore the worsening signs of pulmonary embolism. In fact,...
Read MoreA veteran has a routine chest x-ray. The radiologist warns of a suspicious lesion on the chest of the veteran. Despite this, the patient is never informed. Two years are allowed to pass without the patient knowing of the dangerous condition that could have been successfully treated. Instead, his cancer became inoperative and fatal. During litigation, our lovable client...
Read MoreThis young man suffered from a compulsive disorder called polydipsia, a condition also known as compulsive water drinking. Believe it or not, this can kill. Despite this fact, the condition is one that can be safely monitored by limiting access to water and watching the patient. This was done successfully for several years. This patient needed to be transferred...
Read MorePlaintiff, a 38 year old master electrician, suffered mild to moderate brain damage when he sustained an electro shock injury while repairing a hot food holding table. Plaintiff alleged liability on the manufacturer for failing to install a ground wire, a standard safety device installed on electrical equipment, which would have prevented the table’s metal casing from being energized....
Read MoreClient, a 71-year-old retired but active male required gallbladder surgery and underwent a two and a half hour laparoscopic surgery. Within twelve hours of the surgery having been completed, client began experiencing excruciating abdominal pain and distention. Client also experienced dangerously high blood pressure and a significantly increased respiration rate. The attending nurse summoned the hospital’s rapid response team...
Read More$7.25 million was awarded to the family of a twenty-five year old worker who fell to his death from a high rise building. The young man left behind a wife and three daughters. The worker was untrained and inexperienced and was in his first hour on the job when he was caused to fall to his death. This case...
Read MoreWe filed suit on behalf of a 30 year old female who suffered a serious low back injury when her SUV was sideswiped and forced off a highway by an 18 wheel over-the-road truck. The Defendant truck driver was changing lanes and merged into the lane occupied by our client’s vehicle when the collision occurred. The Defendant truck driver...
Read MoreRelatives of Decedent, Jane Doe v. CDE Trucking Company & Driver (Truck/Passenger Vehicle Collision Case) Decedent, Jane Doe, was driving to work on an interstate highway when the front left tire of her vehicle went flat. The Decedent’s disabled vehicle then came to a rest such that it was straddling the right lane of the three lane westbound highway...
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