Case Results

Failure to diagnose and treat bowel perforation and sepsis, requiring numerous surgeries

Birth injury due to failure to properly interpret fetal heart monitoring strips and failure to perform a Cesarean section

Birth injury due to negligent fetal strip monitoring and negligent resuscitation

Airway intubation error not detected, resulting in asphyxia and death

Failure to report new-onset neurologic changes to physicians, resulting in severe stroke and debility

Failure to timely recognize and treat anastomotic bowel leak and abdominal abscesses, resulting in sepsis and multiple

Negligence and recklessness in treating colon cancer, resulting in metastases and death

Failure to detect malignant melanoma that was present on dermatology biopsy specimens

Radiation necrosis in brain caused by excessive dosing leading to institutionalization and death

Failure to diagnose and timely treat breast cancer, resulting in death

Medication error and nursing negligence in emergency room: Cardiac arrest and death

Unnecessary stenting distal coronary artery resulting in perforation, tamponade, and death 

PACU failure to recognize urinary retention, causing severe and permanent bladder stretch injury

Failure to diagnose and treat cauda equina syndrome, resulting in paralysis

Failure to diagnose, treat, and obtain neurology consult for stroke, resulting in death

Failure to tell on-call surgeon that patient in the Emergency Room needed a consult, resulting in sepsis from delay

Laparoscopic robotic cholecystectomy resulting in severed bile ducts and extensive reconstructive biliary urgery

Emergency Room: Inadequate workup and premature discharge from ER, resulting in death from myocardial infarction

Laparoscopic robot surgery causing undetected bowel perforation, resulting in abscesses, sepsis, and multiple surgeries

Failure by podiatrist to diagnose foot fracture, resulting in severe CRPS and permanent disability

Failure to diagnose, treat, and consult on patient with deep venous thrombosis, resulting in pulmonary embolism

Perforation of coronary artery from rotoablation, resulting in tamponade and death

Failure to diagnose and treat internal hemorrhage following liver laceration during robotic laparoscopy

Failure to monitor and communicate antibiotic levels, resulting in permanent kidney injury and hearing loss

Failure to detect birth defect until two years of age, resulting in lifelong hearing deficits

Failure to treat hypertensive crisis resulting in premature discharge and subsequent stroke at home

Gastrointestinal perforation due to negligent esophageal procedure

Failure to diagnose bowel perforation on X-ray, resulting in death

Internal hemorrhage due to vessel perforation during thoracic biopsy, required chest surgery to repair

Placement of a venous line into an artery, requiring transfer and intravascular removal and stenting

Failure to recognize and treat abscessed tooth, leading to sepsis and disseminated abscesses throughout head, neck and chest

Experimental spine surgery performed primarily by a non-surgeon, involving dozens of severely injured clients and multiple trials