Recent Cases & Settlements
Medical Malpractice Cases and Settlements
At the Bartlett Law Offices, P.C., our legal team is dedicated to standing up for the rights of individuals and families that have suffered injuries and losses due to medical mistakes and malpractice. Below are some cases and settlements that we have handled over the course of our years of practice. To learn more about how our firm can help you, contact a medical malpractice attorney at our office today.
- $ 950,000 against an OB/GYN for causing a brachial plexus nerve injury during birth of child, resulting in a 50% disability of an arm. The allegation was that the physician asserted excessive force on the infant’s upper extremity while attempting to free head from birth canal, instead of breaking the infant’s clavicle.
- $ 5.25 million settlement against hospital for failing to perform an emergency caesarean section during birth of child, despite fetal strips indicating increasingly pronounced fetal decelerations. Infant was born with profound cognitive deficits and will require extensive medical and nursing care over course of his lifetime.
- $ 4.5 million settlement against neurosurgeon. Claim was that the laminectomy neck surgery was performed by physician at the wrong cervical level and that the patient was improperly post-operatively maintained on steroids. Patient subsequently experienced steroid collapse and quadriplegia.
- $ 450,000 verdict against physician for performing a medically inappropriately vaginal exam when his 37 year old patient was complaining of flu-like symptoms.
- $ 950,000 settlement for failing to diagnose colon cancer in a 37 male patient. Patient presented to physician on 2 separate office visits informing physician that he was experiencing rectal bleeding. On one occasion, physician performed a cursory rectal exam but did not follow-up with either a sigmoidscope or a colonoscopy. Physician told patient that the rectal bleeding was simply due to hemorrhoids.
- Structured settlement with present value of $500,000 where client developed severe cardiac endocarditis, requiring implantation of a Bork-Shiley prosthesis to replace one of the damaged heart valves. Patient had his spleen removed 12 years earlier because of a motorcycle accident, placing him at risk for developing endocarditis. Even though physician’s own medical history indicated this history of his spleen being removed, he failed to offer patient the option of a vaccine which was found to be effective in preventing such cardiac infections. Physician admitted in deposition that other patients in his practice had been administered this Merck vaccine.
- $1.4 million settlement against a hospital for the wrongful death of a 14 year old child, alleging that nurses failed to timely administer prescribed medications. Patient subsequently died of septicemia.
- $ 1.5 million settlement against neurosurgeon who failed to appreciate an abnormal PTT (bleeding time) test before embarking on an interventional neuro-radiological surgery at the back of patient’s brain. This surgery by physician involved inserting platinum coils to stabilize an embolism at the back of the brain. During surgery, coils became stuck in the embolis, complicating their removal. Patient, who had minor stroke symptoms prior to this surgery, subsequently developed a partial paralysis of left side.
The legal team at the Bartlett Law Offices, P.C. confidently represents clients located across the state of Connecticut, including the communities of New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Stamford, and all of the surrounding areas.
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