The American Association for Justice (“AAJ”), formerly American Trial Lawyers Association (“ATLA”), features “Verdicts and Settlements” in Trial, its monthly magazine. The issue for November, 2013, highlights “MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE”: “Failure to Diagnose Ischemic Stroke”. Id. at 10, 12.
A 19 year-old Emergency Room patient with profound neurological deficits, an abnormal brain CT, and a nursing notation of possible stroke simply was admitted as a non-emergent patient; and the following morning he suffered an ischemic stroke rendering him an incomplete tetraplegic. Id. at 10. A California jury agreed with the victim’s medical malpractice claims of failure to diagnose and treat impending stroke, to treat as an emergency, and to obtain prompt neurological consult; and awarded $38,610,000.00, apportioning liability to the ER physician, the hospital, and the radiologist. Id. at 10-12.
Mr. Waterman has been a member of AAJ/ATLA for decades. He routinely handles medical malpractice and other cases of personal injury and wrongful death.
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