Nursing Home Resident Dies From Infection—Case Settles for $750,000.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by gil hoy

In 2004, a nursing home resident was found in her bed – unattended – with a spiral fracture of her left tibia and a fracture of her left fibula. An investigation determined that she could not have injured herself in such a fashion, but the exact cause of the injury was undetermined.

The woman was required to be hospitalized, and she received casting for her fractures. When she returned to the nursing home, her immobility caused her to suffer from dehydration and develop both a pressure ulcer on her coccyx and a urinary tract infection.

After she was transferred to another nursing home in August 2005, her pressure ulcer progressed and she became infected.  This was allegedly because she was not turned and repositioned properly. As a result of her mistreatment, the infection worsened and she became dehydrated and malnourished, eventually passing away in November 2005.

Representatives of the woman’s estate brought a lawsuit on her behalf against the nursing homes for wrongful death damages resulting from the neglect of her pressure ulcer. The case was settled out of court for $750,000.

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Delayed Surgery Reveals Organ Damage in Car Crash Victim.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by gil hoy

A $3 million settlement was reached in a medical malpractice lawsuit after ER doctors misdiagnosed a 65 year-old man’s bowel perforation, which led to sepsis and prolonged hospitalization.

The 65 year-old man presented to the emergency room with fractures to his clavicle and a “seatbelt sign” after being involved in a single-car accident. He also had mild left lower quadrant tenderness on palpation and decreased bowel sounds. He received medication for severe shoulder pain and an ultrasound of his abdomen came back negative.

After observation and reexamination, the defendant ER physicians decided that the man’s abdominal tenderness had localized over the bony prominence of his hip. Because his vital signs were stable, the hospital released the man, with instructions for him to follow up on his orthopedic injuries and return if his condition worsened.  No abdominal CT scan or surgical consultation was ordered.

Two days after his discharge from the hospital, the plaintiff followed up with the third defendant, a nurse practitioner.  He was then complaining of fatigue, lower abdominal bruising, loss of appetite and an inability to move his bowels since the injury. The nurse practitioner, however, did not send the plaintiff for immediate evaluation of his abdominal complaints.

Three days later, the plaintiff returned to the ER yet again with a distended, acute abdomen that required surgery. In the operating room, doctors discovered a large amount of fecal spillage into his abdominal cavity and a nearly transected sigmoid colon. As a result, the plaintiff endured a prolonged hospital stay, rehabilitation and multiple surgeries over the course of almost a year.

The defendant physicians settled the case for $3 million before the case went to trial.

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Auburn University Fatal Shooting Suspect Still at Large.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by gil hoy

Police in Alabama searched a home in Montgomery, hoping to find a man believed to have fatally shot three people near Auburn University this past weekend.  They were unsuccessful.

The suspect, Desmonte Leonard, is charged with three counts of capital murder.  The shooting occurred at a pool party on Saturday night at the University Heights apartments, just outside the school’s campus.  Leonard is suspected of pulling a gun after a fight broke out.  Three young people were killed, two of whom were former Auburn football players, and another three were wounded.  One of the wounded, a 20 year-old and current Auburn football player, is fighting for his life with a gunshot wound to his head.

The police raided the house with smoke and tear gas, where they believed Leonard was hiding.  However, the police did not catch him.  The manhunt is still underway.

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