Case Result

$1.6M

Medical Malpractice

Richmond, VA

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Case Details

Arbitration award in a medical malpractice case against a general surgeon who failed to quickly operate on a patient with a small bowel obstruction, leading to the patient's death from sepsis.

Additional Notes

Ignoring the accepted medical rule that one should “never let the sun set on a small bowel obstruction,” the surgeon nevertheless admitted the critically ill patient to the hospital, scheduled the surgery for the following day, and went home. The patient, a mother of two, died that night of sepsis.

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