$920,000
Medical Malpractice / Amputation
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Case Details
Partial settlement for a 40-year-old professional bodybuilder who underwent below-knee amputation due to delayed diagnosis of a vascular occlusion in his lower extremity after being discharged from the emergency department with an ankle sprain diagnosis despite abnormal findings.
Additional Notes
Claims against the nurse involved her failure to alert the attending doctor and physician assistant of her abnormal findings on physical exam during the first visit and permitting the patient to be released without further workup. Bruce H. Nagel, Esq. and Susan F. Connors, Esq. handled the case.