Sadly, when a law firm settles a medical malpractice case, it means someone was injured.
Our office was hired in the following case in the last year. We are delighted for the successful resolution for our client, but saddened for her injury. Although this case is not typical, nor a guarantee that your case will have the same outcome, let us know if we can help you.
Emergency room error leads to above the knee amputation
A mother and wife, in her 60's, went to the emergency room complaining of pain in her right leg and right knee. Plaintiff advised the defendant physician of her history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, hypertension, hypokalemia, asthma, Greenfield filter placement, right knee replacement surgery, among other medical conditions and surgical history. Most significantly, the patient was taking coumadin and had an INR of 5.0 in the ED. Despite her signs and symptoms, she was diagnosed as having joint effusion and sent home on pain killers.
48 hours later, she returned to the ED with numbness and excruciating pain in her right knee and calf. Plaintiff described the pain as throbbing and on a scale of 10, rated the pain a 10. A surgical consult revealed the patient lacked sensation in her foot, non-dopplerable dorsalis pedis pulse and was unable to dorsiflex or plantarflex her right foot. Because so much muscle and soft tissue had died because of the delay in diagnosis, patient had to undergo an above the knee amputation.
Case settled for $890,000.
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