What Happened
Our firm successfully resolved a catastrophic medical malpractice case after a preventable hospital-acquired infection caused permanent paralysis. What began as a routine hospitalization for diabetes turned into a life-changing spinal cord injury after nurses and physicians failed to recognize and properly treat a serious MRSA infection.
The evidence showed hospital staff failed to properly monitor and report signs of an infected IV site, delaying critical treatment with the antibiotics necessary to stop the infection from spreading. As the untreated infection worsened, our client developed a spinal epidural abscess that compressed his spinal cord.
Despite clear warning signs of a neurological emergency, providers delayed reporting paralysis symptoms, failed to timely transfer him to a higher level of care, and radiologists failed to identify the abscess on MRI imaging. By the time emergency surgery was finally performed, the damage was irreversible.
As a result, our client suffered permanent paralysis, loss of independence, chronic pain, and lifelong medical and supportive care needs.
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.