Doctors Fail to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism
An Illinois man died of a pulmonary embolism after surgery on his leg.
The 52-year-old man slipped from the cab of his truck in 2011, rupturing a tendon in his left leg. After an operation to repair it, he experienced swelling in the leg, chest pain, shortness of breath and tachycardia. For eight days in July 2011, physicians and a physical therapist did not recognize the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism and no tests were performed to rule that possible cause out. The man’s wife and two children filed a medical malpractice case that resulted in a $3 million verdict.
The jury in the case decided that the man would have still been alive if it was not for the doctors and physical therapist failing to recognize the clearly and easily recognized signs of a dangerous, life-threatening blood clot.
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Tags: Lawsuit Loan, litigation funding, Medical Malpractice, Pre-settlement funding, Pulmonary Embolism
