SUCCESS STORIES

John Doe v. Hospital and Doctor (Superior Court – confidentiality settlement). Retired gentleman suffered from diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. The patient had multiple ulcers and skin evulsions on his foot. The treating podiatrist recommended contact casting. Without scheduling a follow up appointment, days after casting, to make sure the patient was fine, the follow up visit was not scheduled for over two weeks. As a result, patient developed gangrene and which resulted in a below the knee amputation. Case settled for a confidential amount.

• Jane Doe and Baby v. Multiple Doctors (Superior Court – confidentiality settlement). Baby was born still born after mom was discharged from the hospital and taken off the fetal monitoring for ominous fetal heart strip readings. Doctors felt baby had stabilized and there was no need for further monitoring. Within days, mom returned and delivered a stillborn baby. Plaintiff contended this was caused by medical negligence in that mom and baby should have been discharged from the hospital, should not have been taken off fetal monitoring and induction should have begun before mom left hospital due to ominous fetal heart strip readings. Case settled for confidential amount.

• $700,000 Eye Injury at school to boy in gym class.
A 16 year old boy lost his right eye after another two students were kicking around a tape ball and their activities were not supervised or stopped by two gym instructors in the immediate area.

The tape ball struck the boy in the eye as he sat down tying his shoe. The case settled at mediation.

• $350,000 Multilevel cervical fusion settled at mediation

A mother was shopping with her daughter, son in law and granddaughter. She reached won to select a spice bottle from a grocery shelf and the shelf system collapsed on her head and neck causing neck and upper back injuries.

The client suffered cervical injuries and underwent a double level cervical fusion with hardware and bone graft from her hip.

The supplier, grocery store and manufacturer of the spice product each contributed to the settlement.

• $1,200,000 Medical Malpractice-Esophageal perforation during biopsy.

A young man presented to the emergency department at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington for a biopsy of a mass in his mediastinum.

The mass was biopsied but the surgeon mistakenly lacerated the esophagus and this condition remained undiagnosed for several days. After the biopsy, the patient left the hospital in pain and returned several hours later in with horrific low back pain and crepitus in his neck.