- We received a substantial settlement in a case involving the wrongful death of a Coral Springs toddler caused by the negligent supervision and medical malpractice of a registered nurse employed by a national home health care agency. The parents of the child had hired the healthcare agency and nurse to watch their son who was suffering from neurological problems since birth. Despite supposedly being trained and having certain expertise in dealing with such patients, the nurse failed to live up to the standard of care by improperly performing CPR when the boy began experiencing respiratory problems. She was unable to resuscitate the boy who died several days later.
- A significant settlement was reached during trial in Miami-Dade in a medical malpractice case where a pathologist improperly diagnosed a tissue sample as being benign with cancer, causing the patient, a Coral Springs man, to undergo approximately 40 treatments of radiation therapy that were not medically necessary. The patient had a lump on his right shoulder, which an orthopedic oncologist told him was benign. The biopsy of the mass taken during surgery to remove it was interpreted by the pathologist then on call to be an extremely rare form of soft tissue cancer, which he had little experience in dealing with. The pathologist failed to send the sample out one of many world-renowned hospitals that were more familiar with this rare form of cancer, and who could have interpreted the specimen within one or two days. The patient ultimately had the specimen reviewed, and it was determined that it was benign. The painful radiation treatments left the patient permanently scarred, disfigured and injured.
- A $1.9 million settlement was recovered in a medical malpractice/ wrongful death case in Palm Beach County. The Coral Springs woman, a wife and mother, died during a routine cosmetic plastic surgery procedure.
- We are currently preparing to try a case in Miami-Dade County where a 54-year old man sustained significant injuries resulting from the negligent removal of his gallbladder. The man went into a local hospital for what should have been an uncomplicated procedure and, due to the improper performance of the operation by the surgeon, needed multiple corrective procedures and spent months recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was left with horrendous scars and in need of significant medical care in the future. The case is currently scheduled for trial in fall 2008.
- A Miami woman had a mass on her leg biopsied by her physician and sent to an independent lab and pathologist for review. The pathologist read the specimen correctly and determined that the mass was cancerous; however, the lab sent the report of another patient back to the woman's physician with our client's name on it reporting that the mass was benign. The lab realized its mistake over 8 months later, and notified the doctor who told the patient. As a result, the cancer was not properly diagnosed or treated for over eight months and spread throughout her leg. The lady required much more extensive and traumatic treatment than she would have had the diagnosis been timely. We are currently in the mandatory pre-suit investigation and discovery stages of this matter.
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