$2.1M

Additional Notes

$2.1 million settlement for 46-year-old decedent/plaintiff. Plaintiff/decedent presented to an emergency room with complaints of chest pain along with shortness of breath, fever and sore throat. He was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and discharged to home. He died later that night of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, leaving behind two minor children. The ER team comprised of two physician assistants and an emergency room physician were alleged to have been negligent in their treatment, diagnosis and discharge of the deceased plaintiff who, but for their negligence, would have survived.