Personal Injury Law

Medical Malpractice Trial Concludes

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

The medical malpractice trial which involved the death of a high school student while under the care of an orthopedic surgeon. The trial presented uncontested facts that the girl underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in early April of 2004. Near the end of that month the girl?s physical therapist noted that the girl had swelling in one calf and the complaint of pain, yet the orthopedic surgeon did not note a swelling in the calf and did not order any special tests to rule out such possibilities as a blood clot. Three days later the girl died of massive pulmonary embolism from a blood clot. The state?s medical review panel could not conclude whether there was medical malpractice. The jury is currently deliberating on the medical malpractice trial. To read the full story, click here.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).