Medical: Failure to Treat Hip Infection after Surgery
Jane Doe v. Hospital
Settled: $600,000
Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose and properly treat MRSA infection after hip replacement.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose Cerebral Blood Clot
Medical: Estate of Jane Doe v. Multiple Hospitals
Settled: $2,500,000
Medical Malpractice: Failure to properly diagnose cerebral blood clot in 18 year old resulting in death.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose an Aortic Dissection
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Hospital
Settled: $300,000
Medical Malpractice: Failure to properly diagnose and treat an aortic dissection resulting in death. Case settled for maximum sovereign immunity cap available.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose and Treat Jaw Bone Infection
Medical: John Doe v. Dentist and Infectious Disease Specialist
Settled: $1,000,000 against Dentist; $250,000 against Infectious Disease Specialist
Dental and Medical Malpractice: Failure to properly diagnose and treat osteomyelitis in the lower jaw. Case settled for maximum of the policy limits.
Medical: Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Re-Stenosis of Artery
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Hospital
Settled: $675,000 against Hospital
Medical Malpractice: The patient underwent a successful cardiac catherization to treat chest pain from clogged arteries. Unfortunately, the nurses failed to attend to the patient’s complaints of chest pain, nausea, and vomiting in the recovery room and then on the floor until it was too late. The patient died 18 days later after slipping into a coma because the arteries re-clogged causing serious heart damage. The case was settled during the pre-suit period pursuant to Florida’s arbitration cap.
Medical: Failure to Properly Interpret EKG
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Urgent Care Center/Physician
Settled: $500,000 against Urgent Care Center and its Urgent Care Physician
Medical Malpractice: Failure to properly interpret electrocardiogram resulting in an acute cardiac event 4 hours later and eventual death. Case settled for maximum of the policy limits.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose Tongue Cancer
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Dentist and Dental Clinic
Settled: $297,500 against Dentist and $600,000 as to the Dental Clinic
Dental Malpractice: Failure to properly diagnose and treat tongue cancer causing death. Case settled during the pre-suit period as to the dentist and pursuant to Florida’s arbitration cap as to the Clinic.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose DVT's in Lower Leg
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Home Health Company
Settled: $800,000 against Home Health Company
Medical/Nursing Malpractice:Home health nurses failed to properly assess the legs and feet and as a result clots were allowed to develop and travel from the legs to the lungs causing a massive pulmonary embolism and death.
Auto: Rear End Collision by Truck
Settled: $275,000
A car was traveling on a one-way road when a truck collided with that car in the rear. The car’s driver underwent back surgery for relentless pain.
Auto: Car Fails to Yield the Right of Way in Construction Zone
Settled: $115,000
A car was traveling on Flagler St. when another car failed to yield the right of way crossing the Flagler in a construction zone. The driver suffered injuries to the neck.
Medical: Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer
Medical: Jane Doe v. Radiologist/Radiology Center
Settled: $1,325,000
Medical Malpractice: A radiologist and a radiology center failed to diagnose a breast mass which caused death from a delay in an otherwise treatable cancer.
Medical: Failure to Secure Airway
Medical: Estate of John Doe v. Anesthesiologist, CRNA and Hospital
Settled: $1,325,000
Medical Malpractice: Death of a 72 year old husband as a result of a failure to secure airway during a bronchoscopy.