Medical Malpractice

San Diego Medical Malpractice Attorney Medical Malpractice Claim Examples

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - Our San Diego medical malpractice attorney represents a significant number of malpractice claims that involve back surgeries. This includes one claim in which the client underwent two back surgeries related to an automobile accident. In the second of these surgeries, she had an undiagnosed and untreated heart attack during the surgery which was not discovered for almost two days, during which time her heart tissue was undergoing progressively worse damage due to lack of oxygen.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - The client’s 38 year-old son was confined to a wheelchair, necessitating round-the-clock breathing assistance and monitoring of his vitals. While the home care nurse was on the patio taking a cigarette break with another attendant the patient’s ventilator tube came loose. The nurse and attendant could not hear the warning alarm from the patio. When they finally returned they found the patient on the floor suffocating. By the time they called 911 and the patient was transported to the hospital, it was too late – he could not be resuscitated. The nurse and attendant claimed they were inside with the patient at all times and claimed his suffocation was caused by a malfunctioning ventilator unit and/or that it was an inevitable result of his deteriorating respiratory condition. After two years of investigation and discovery by our San Diego medical malpractice attorney, we were able to successfully prove the medical malpractice claim. Our medical malpractice attorney thoroughly established the claim with information including the patient’s condition, the ventilator, the events on the day in question, and the personal and work histories of the nurses and attendants. The health care services company which was responsible for hiring the nurse settled for a confidential sum with our client, the decedent’s parent.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - In another case, our San Diego medical malpractice attorney represented a medical malpractice claimant with a simple mole which was misdiagnosed as a malignant melanoma (skin cancer). As a result of the misdiagnosis, a 6” x 3” x 1 ½ inch deep portion of her thigh was removed, resulting in permanent disfigurement of her leg.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - In a medical malpractice wrongful death claim, the patient’s pulmonary artery was punctured during a cardiac angiography when the surgeon accidentally ran a catheter through the side of the artery. The patient bled to death over a period of approximately eleven hours. Notably, while arterial punctures are considered to be a normal risk in an angiography, the doctor failed to take steps to recognize and control the patient’s bleeding. Our San Diego medical malpractice attorney made sure he was held responsible for the patient’s death, resulting in a significant jury verdict for our client at trial.