A 43-year-old patient presented to his primary care physician with complaints about a new lump in his breast. His primary care physician negligently delayed a cancer workup for over a year, and failed to advise the patient of alternative recommended treatment options. When the breast tumor was finally removed, it was misread as benign by the pathologist. Due to the delay and misdiagnosis, the cancer metastasized, and the patient is now terminal. The recovery from the verdict will allow the patient to afford expensive experimental treatments and clinical trials.
A young man was the victim of medical negligence after not being fully informed of the risks, alternative treatment options, and probabilities of success of the treatment plan for his Crohn’s disease, which exposed him to unnecessarily prolonged and high doses of steroids that caused him to suffer avascular necrosis, a condition that causes the death of the hip bones. The jury awarded compensation to the patient for his pain and suffering and his emotional distress.
A woman was the victim of medical negligence after not being fully informed of the risks of her vascular procedure, which was an unnecessary and unindicated intervention. The jury only deliberated for an hour before returning a verdict for the patient finding that the healthcare providers were liable for medical negligence, lack of informed consent, and fraud.
33-year-old mother of 3 was sent home from her OBGYN appointment by the nurse practitioner even though she told them about 2 weeks of abnormal vaginal bleeding and the nurse practitioner was unable to confirm a normal pregnancy and never checked the patient’s fallopian tubes. The patient died 10 days later from the undiagnosed ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
A woman suffered massive blood loss and profound brain injury during a routine spine surgery as a result of technical errors by the surgeon. She is unable to enjoy her family or perform her job any longer. She now requires 24/7 care for the rest of her life.
A 42 year old mother of two died after the doctors in the ER chose not to perform a simple blood test that would have diagnosed the blood clot in her leg. Instead they sent her home with pain medication and the clot traveled to her heart causing her death.
Hospital failed to monitor the pressure in a young patient’s brain after a surgery to repair an aneurysm. As a result, the patient suffered another bleed in her brain and now requires around the clock care for the rest of her life. The family wanted to take care of her in their home and to surround her with music and the voices and faces of the people that love her. This has allowed them to do just that.
$8M verdict in DC for a patient who suffered internal injuries from a prostate surgery that was not performed properly. The patient found out later that a simpler surgery was available that would have never led to this outcome. The patient had to undergo a series of complex and painful surgeries as a result of the errors.
Doctors and nurses in special care nursery ignored the baby’s symptoms of a dangerous condition in his bowel that required medication and surgery resulting in the loss of 50% of his bowel and a lifetime of complex medical care and medications. The settlement allowed the family to purchase a home with the equipment they need, near his doctors and the hospital, in order to make his childhood as normal and safe as possible.
$1M verdict for a mother who lost her son because the doctor failed to perform available testing when she came in a few days before the scheduled delivery concerned that her baby was not moving as much anymore. The doctor ignored her concerns and sent her home, telling her to come back the next day. It turned out the baby had the cord wrapped around his neck and he died before the testing was done the next day.
