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Lighting in Parking Lot Contributes to Serious Injury

This case involves an injury sustained by an elderly woman in a supermarket parking lot. The plaintiff, a seventy-two-year-old female, was traveling to the supermarket with her son at 11:45 pm. There was a large pothole in the parking lot…

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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Procedure Leaves Child Brain Dead

This child neurology case involves a two-year-old male patient who underwent a ventriculoperitoneal shunt exploration and revision procedure. The procedure was complicated by apparent injury to paraventricular white matter resulting in severe right-sided hemiparesis. The patient also experienced a possible seizure…

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Hurricane Sandy Damage Leads to Faulty Roof Repair and Insurance Price Hike

This case involves inadequate roofing, which caused the plaintiff’s premium to go up. Following Hurricane Sandy and the efforts of FEMA, the plaintiff had the defendant repair his roof using CertainTeed shingles, and he assured the plaintiff that the roofing…

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Surgeon Leaves Screw Behind During Spinal Fusion Discectomy

This case involves a fifty-two-year-old patient who underwent an L5- S1 discectomy and fusion procedure that was met with significant complications. The patient required a revision procedure two weeks after the original surgical intervention. It was determined that a screw…

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Saddle Embolism Kills Man After Hospital Discharge

This case involves a forty-nine-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital complaining of right calf pain and an episode of dizziness associated with a brief loss of consciousness. A CT scan of the head showed the patient had an…

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Hospital Discharges Unstable Mother of Twin Infants

This case involves the birth of two twin babies who had no prenatal care and were born prematurely to a mother who experienced significant medical complications during the delivery. The mother is a single parent with a low IQ and…

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Total Hip Replacement Requires Revision After Six Months

This kinesiology case involves a male patient who underwent a ceramic total hip replacement surgery due to degenerative arthritis and chronic hip pain. The patient complained of constant pain at approximately six weeks after the surgery, which was isolated to the…

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Infectious Pyomyositis Results in Full Hip Disarticulation

This case involves a twenty-five-year-old female patient who sustained a puncture wound on her foot while vacationing in the Caribbean. The patient presented to her family doctor with complaints of severe pain at the site of the injury and on…

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Delayed Diagnosis of Malignant Testicular Mass

This case involves a forty-two-year-old male patient who presented to his primary care physician with complaints of a mass in his right testicle. The PCP sent the patient for an ultrasound that was interpreted as normal and had no signs…

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Operating Room Staff Neglect Proper Positioning of Patient

This case involves a twenty-four-year-old male who had a medical history significant for numerous knee injuries requiring surgical reconstruction. The third attempt at surgical repair of his left knee was complicated postoperatively. During the immediate recovery phase, the patient complained…

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