$70.8M
Medical Malpractice
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Case Details
A Florida jury found that a nurse practitioner working in a standalone emergency room negligently misdiagnosed a patient. The patient, a 41-year-old woman, came to the emergency room by ambulance. She complained of severe headaches, describing the pain as the worst she had experienced in her life. Although she had several risk factors for developing blood clots, including recently re-starting birth control and having diabetes, the nurse practitioner treating her did not order a CT scan that would have identified blood clots in the brain. Instead, after a few hours at the emergency room, the facility discharged the woman with some medicine for her headache. Only two days later, she returned to the hospital, this time suffering from a debilitating stroke caused by blood clots in her brain. Because of the stroke, the woman is now mostly blind and has other physical impairments that will make it difficult if not impossible to work.
Additional Notes
The facility was operated by Tampa General Hospital. The hospital, as well as the staffing agency which employed the nurse practitioner, also were defendants and may have to pay a portion of the overall compensation. The doctor on duty at the time previously settled with the victim. Because of a Florida law capping damages for Medicaid patients, the woman may not see nearly the amount the jury awarded her. She will get reimbursed for her out-of-pocket expenses and lost income, but she may only receive $200,000 for pain and suffering and other non-economic losses.
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