Recently Filed Cases

Case filed on behalf a baby who was born with an infection that was not timely diagnosed or treated.. The baby had signs of an infection that were ignored by the medical staff caring for the baby.  The infection in question could have and should have been diagnosed shortly after birth and treated with antibiotics The baby now has permanent physical and cognitive damages, left sided paralysis, and requires extensive medical treatment and multiple therapies.

Medical Malpractice-Birth Trauma

Case filed on behalf of a baby who suffers from severe cerebral palsy with physical and cognitive deficits, due to a delay in performing a cesarean section. The baby had signs of decreased oxygenation during labor and when the nurses called to inform the doctor, he replied, "I will be in when I am done coaching my son's team". Baby was born severely depressed due to the delay in proper assessment and earlier delivery.

Medical Malpractice-Premature Baby

Lawsuit filed against a hospital and care givers who failed to diagnose acute appendicitis when a young woman presented to the emergency room with acute abdominal pain at 24 weeks gestation.  As a result, the appendix ruptured and the baby had to be delivered 12 days later due to pre-term labor at 26 weeks gestation. The baby was only 1 lb 7 oz at birth.  She was immediately admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where she remained for over 8 months.  She was treated for numerous conditions due to extreme prematurity, including cardiac complications that resulted in profound brain damage. 

Medical Malpractice-Delay in diagnosing coronary artery disease

Case filed against a family physician, an emergency department physician and a hospital relating to the death of a 31 year old married man.  Initially, the man presented to his family doctor with a complaint of chest pain, "feeling like an elephant is sitting on his chest", and a rapid heartbeat. He was diagnosed with panic attacks and inflammation of the rib cage (costochondritis).   No cardiac work-up was undertaken.  Three months later, he went to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain and shortness of breath but was discharged from the emergency department with a diagnosis of costochondritis (inflammation of a rib).  Again, no cardiac work-up, such as an EKG or echocardiogram was undertaken.  If either of these tests had been performed, a diagnosis of coronary artery disease would have been made and the man would have received life-saving treatment.  However, two days later he suffered acute chest pain, collapsed and died. An autopsy confirmed that he died from a heart attack due to severe coronary artery disease. 

Medical Malpractice-Improper pain management injection causes paralysis

Case filed on behalf of a woman who sought treatment for pain relief of her chronic pain syndrome. Her physician recommended that she submit to a pain injection shot. The physician performed a stellate ganglion injection in her upper back using improper technique which allowed alcohol to leak outside of the ganglion. The leakage of the alcohol solution caused severe injuries to her left brachial plexus and left phrenic nerve which resulted in severe weakness in her left arm, neuropathy, debilitating pain and paralysis of her left diaphragm.

Medical Malpractice-Failure to Evaluate Chest Pain

Case filed on behalf of a 47 year old woman who presented to the hospital with chest pain. She was admitted for observation and diagnosed with anxiety. She complained to the nurses and doctors that she was afraid she was having a heart attack. Her complaints were dismissed and two days later, while she was still in the hospital, she suffered a heart attack and died.