Las Vegas CASE RESULTS
Forklift operator pushed ramp forward striking client. The client sustained multiple injuries and required pelvis reconstruction surgery.
Valet attendant failed to put vehicle in park and vehicle rolled back and struck client. Client suffered multiple injuries and required a total knee replacement.
Trip and fall in supermarket. Client suffered multiple injuries and required lumbar fusion surgery and shoulder surgery.
T-bone type automobile collision. Client suffered multiple injuries and required neck surgery.
Client’s husband underwent elective hernia surgery. Surgeon failed to consider likely cause of complications. Client husband died in the hospital as a result of undiagnosed twisted small bowel with infarct.
Urologist failed to properly and timely investigate client’s increasing PSA levels resulting in late diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Gynecologist failed to properly reform dilatation and curettage procedure resulting in infection and need for total hysterectomy.
Primary care physician failed to monitor potassium level of client’s husband who had underlying coronary artery disease resulting in a heart attack and his untimely death.
Client visiting from New York was struck by taxi cab while crossing valet area of hotel. Client sustained several injuries and required surgery.
Hospitalist failed to provide proper medication to avoid deep vein thrombosis. Client’s husband died when blood clot lodged in his lungs.
Gynecologist nicked client’s bowel during hysterectomy. Client sustained several injuries including a rectal-vaginal fistula and required additional surgery.
HMO contracted primary care physician failed to order MRI and referral to specialist in light of progressing neurological symptoms resulting in late pituitary tumor. Client suffered seizures and loss of vision.
HMO contracted primary care physician inappropriately cleared client’s husband for gallbladder surgery. Surgeon and anesthesiologist failed to properly assess his condition at the time of surgery. Client’s husband died during the surgery.
Memory care facility failed to make sure inner courtyard door was locked during summer month Client’s husband entered courtyard unnoticed by staff for 90 minutes resulting in heatstroke and contributing to early death.
Client slipped and fell at her daughter’s rental house. She suffered several injuries and required ankle surgery.
Union convention worker suffered multiple injuries when a wall of the adjacent booth fell on her.
Nursing home neglected client’s husband causing multiple pressure ulcers resulting in his untimely death.
Emergency room physician failed to diagnose internal injuries following ATV vehicle accident resulting in client’s husband bleeding to death.
Box truck backed into client’s car. She sustained multiple injuries and lumbar fusion was recommended.
Client’s wife died after nurse at cosmetic surgery center failed to properly monitor her after procedure resulting in hypoxic coma and death.
Rear end automobile collision. Client sustained multiple injuries and required back surgery.
Client underwent elective gallbladder surgery. Surgeon delayed inquiry into complications resulting in multiple injuries including gangrene on the right foot which required a below the knee amputation.
T-bone automobile collision. Client suffered injuries to her neck, low back, left hip and left pinky finger and required hand surgery.
Trip and fall in movie theater lobby. Client suffered a fractured femur and required surgery.
Emergency room physician failed to perform a proper cardiac workup and discharged client’s husband with a diagnosis of the flu. Client’s husband died a few days later due to complications of bacterial endocarditis.
Chair by hotel pool collapsed. Client suffered multiple injuries including a hip fracture and required surgery.