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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
$2.5 million jury verdict for dangerous hospital infection
August 25, 2008 – Hospital infections caused by all kinds of bacteria sicken thousands of patients every year, but nearly every bacterial infection can be avoided if doctors and staff are not negligent in practicing professional hygiene – as the following medical malpractice jury verdict proved.
Last month a jury awarded more than $2.5 million to a 69-year-old man and his wife in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a heart surgeon, his group practice and a medical center in St. Louis, Mo.
Hospital infection malpractice . . .The man developed a drug-resistant staph infection called “methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” (MRSA) in 2004, after his heart doctor surgically implanted a pacemaker. The infection was so severe that the man reportedly underwent 15 additional operations, spent 84 days in the hospital and lost his right leg, part of his left foot, a kidney and most of his hearing.
The germ that he contracted – hospital-acquired MRSA – infects about 880,000 patients a year and accounts for only 8% of all hospital infections. Successful lawsuits like this one are not uncommon. In 2004, for example, a national healthcare corporation agreed to pay $31 million to settle 106 lawsuits by patients who contracted infections after heart surgery at a Palm Beach, Florida, medical center.
Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. – We’re here for you . . .When someone puts their trust in medical professionals, and that trust is betrayed, a malpractice lawyer can be their best guardian.
Injured patients and their family members who suspect medical malpractice are urged to contact the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. – the largest personal injury law firm in New York.
To receive a free consultation on the legal merits of your malpractice complaint, please fill out the form on this page and send it to the Weitz & Luxenberg team of medical malpractice lawyers.
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