What Happened
Our firm successfully resolved a catastrophic medical malpractice case after a young woman suffered permanent brain damage because critical vitamins were omitted from her intravenous nutrition while hospitalized.
The evidence showed hospital providers failed to properly monitor and replace essential nutrients while our client was receiving parenteral nutrition, causing a severe thiamine deficiency that led to Wernicke's encephalopathy, a preventable neurological condition that can cause irreversible brain injury if not promptly recognized and treated.
Despite obvious warning signs—including abnormal eye movements, confusion, weakness, and coordination problems—the condition went unrecognized until our client suffered devastating neurological damage.
As a result of the injury, our client became wheelchair dependent, cognitively impaired, and permanently reliant on others for daily care and medical support.
Practice Areas Involved
This result arose from the kind of care reviewed on these pages. If something similar happened in your family, they explain what the records are read for.