A 35-year-old man died because of undiagnosed and untreated coronary artery disease weeks after multiple visits to an urgent care center that did not refer him to a cardiologist despite his complaining of chest pain and having two blood pressure tests show that he had high blood pressure. At trial in the lawsuit against the urgent care center, Dan Jeck and Todd Schoenhaus secured a $4.7 million jury verdict.
Practice Area Category: Medical Malpractice Case Results
$4.7 Million Jury Verdict in Undiagnosed and Untreated Coronary Artery Disease Case
$4.5 Million Settlement for Newborn Baby who Suffered Permanent Injuries when Mother’s Uterus Ruptured During Childbirth
Labor and delivery nurses failed to recognize and react in a timely way to fetal heart rate abnormalities that can often precede uterine rupture. After several weeks of trial where liability was aggressively contested, Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., proved that the nursing staff, undergoing a shift change, decided to wait before notifying the attending physician to evaluate the patient. As a result, Cesarean delivery was delayed until after the rupture had occurred and tragically the newborn suffered permanent and severe neurologic injuries.
$4 Million Recovery for Paralyzed Man due to Failure to Diagnose and Treat Spinal Infection
A 55-year-old city worker underwent surgery to remove a tumor on his esophagus and received pain medication through an epidural catheter inserted in his back after surgery. A few days later, when the nurse removed the catheter, she notified the surgeon of pus at the site and the doctor ordered an antibiotic to fight infection. Over the following days, the patient developed fever, elevated white blood cell count and redness at the site of the epidural—common signs of infection. Finally, after four days, the doctor scheduled the patient for an MRI. Tragically, due to the untreated MRSA infection, the patient had already become paralyzed from his chest down before the MRI could be performed. After one day of trial, Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., reached a settlement by arguing that the negligence of the surgeon and hospital caused a tragedy, which clearly should have been avoided.
$4 Million Settlement in Nephrectomy/Colectomy Case
Our client, a 54-year-old Army veteran and truck driver, became disabled from a post-operative infection that developed after a partial nephrectomy/colectomy to remove early-stage cancer. Because of the infection, our client was hospitalized multiple times and needed multiple surgeries, culminating in a total small bowel transplant. Just before trial would have begun in a lawsuit against the surgeon who performed the nephrectomy/colectomy and other defendants, Dan Jeck and Josh Schwartz secured a $4 million settlement.
$3 Million Verdict for Unsupervised Epilepsy Patient who Fell in Hospital Bathroom
$3 Million Recovery for Brain Damaged Girl
$2.5 Million Verdict for Client Injured by Side Effect of Medication Unrecognized by Primary Care Physician
$2.5 Million Jury Verdict in Negligence Case
Within 10 minutes of being discharged from a hospital visit during which his pupils were dilated and he received an antibiotic ointment on his eye, a 75-year-old wheelchair-bound double amputee fell face-first down a set of outdoor concrete steps while strapped to his wheelchair. He died two weeks later from his injuries caused by that fall. At trial against the hospital, Todd Schoenhaus and Josh Schwartz secured a $2.5 million jury verdict.
