$10.1 Million Med Mal Verdict for Failure to Treat Claim

For six months, pediatrician failed to treat 9 year old boy for repeated complaints of headaches, dizziness, visual disturbances, shoulder pain and increased fatigue. Ultimately, a MRI of the C-spine revealed a juvenile pilocystic astrocytoma (JPA) in the suprasellar/hypothalamic region of the youngster's brain. An emergency ventriculostomy to decompress and reduce intracranial pressure was performed, the tumor bled, necessitating a craniotomy to debulk the tumor. The bleed and craniotomy caused profound cognitive deficits, blindness in the right eye, partial blindness in the left eye, diabetes insipidus, significant Tourette-type tics and other significant damage.

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$1.3 Million Verdict for Family In Wrongful Death Med Mal Case

Surgical error during routine anterior cervical discectomy on a 54-year-old mother causes injury to her left common carotid artery. After the surgery imaging studies revealed a large cerebral cortical infarct. The patient dies two days later

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