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| DESCRIPTION | |
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| Failure to Provide One-on-One Supervision for Involuntarily Committed Man - Throws Table Through Fifth Floor Window and Jumps - Paraplegia - Defense Verdict. | |
| Failure to Have Gastrostomy Feeding Tube Properly Replaced - Death Due to Peritonitis Due to Tube Being in Peritoneal Cavity - $2 Million Verdict. | |
| Failure to Provide Proper Care to Long-Time Resident - Dehydration and Fecal Impaction of Vagina - Death - $525,000 Settlement. | |
| Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Despite Report Finding Suspicion of Malignancy, Inverted Nipple and Palpable Mass - Cancer Diagnosed at Stage IV - $500,000 Settlement. | |
| Failure to Check Prescription for Morphine at Time of Admission - Woman Suffers Morphine Toxicity and Dies - Confidential Settlement With Nursing Home - $600,000 Verdict Against Hospital Where Order Originated. | |
| Failure to Inform Woman That Tests Show Baby Carries a Form of Sickle Cell Disease - Woman Claims She Would Have Aborted the Child If She Had Known of Disease - $2.45 Million Verdict. | |
| Failure to Have Proper Assessment of Man's Leg Pain to Diagnose Arterial Occlusion - Above-Knee Amputation Required - $2.4 Million Verdict, but High-Low Agreement Applies. | |
| Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack - Woman Found Dead Five Days Later - $280,000 Missouri Settlement. | |
| Improper Discharge of Teenager After Septoplasty Surgery - Death Blamed on Excessive Demerol - Confidential Settlement. | |
| Failure to Respond to Resident's Complaints of Dizziness and Nausea - Death From Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage With Allegations of Attempted Cover-Up by Facility - $54 Million New Mexico Verdict Includes $50 Million in Punitive Damages. | |
| Failure to Refer to Specialist for Continuing Complaints Relative to Nose and Sinuses - Sino-Nasal Cancer Leads to Death of Teenager - $1.5 Million Settlement. | |
| Nurse Administers Epidural Medication Intravenously - Death of Teenage Mother - Baby Successfully Delivered - $1.9 Million Present Value Structured Settlement. |

