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Front End Loader Tears Roof Off of a Car, Injuring Plaintiff’s Head

This case involves an injury to the plaintiff and harm done to the roofing of the plaintiff’s car. The plaintiff, a middle-aged man, was a passenger in a car traveling on a two-way rural road, which was not designated as…

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3/4 Inch Elevation Deviation in Sidewalk – Woman Falls and Breaks Hip

This case involves an injury sustained by a 45-year old man while walking on a damaged sidewalk. The plaintiff was walking on a public sidewalk that intersected the defendant’s sloped driveway. The driveway went into an apartment complex. The plaintiff’s…

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Poor Supervision Leads to Devastating Gym Class Basketball Injury

This athletic management case involves an injury to a student, which she sustained during gym class. The plaintiff, a 13-year old female, was engaged in a school gym basketball match. She was playing on a girls’ team against boys larger than…

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Unsafe Use of Forklift Leads to Crushed Leg

This case involves a truck driver that was injured by a forklift. Upon making a delivery at a warehouse, the forklift operator began to unload the content of the trucker’s tractor trailer. The contents were being unloaded from the truck’s tractor…

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Carotid Artery Perforated During Central Venous Catheter Placement

This case involves a 71-year-old woman with end stage renal disease who died as a result of complications following placement of a central venous catheter to enable hemodialysis. During the procedure, her left carotid artery was perforated, causing massive internal…

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Defective Crib Design Suffocates Child

This case involves a 14-month old child injured by the support bars in his crib, which collapsed and suffocated him. The child was playing in his crib when the support bars collapsed, entrapped his head, which caused the child to…

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Botched Osteotomy Procedure to Relieve Chronic Foot Pain Results in Significant Damages

This case involves a 37-year-old female patient who presented to her foot doctor complaining of throbbing pressure and pain in her right foot and heel. The patient underwent an osteotomy procedure to relieve chronic foot pain. However, the patient never…

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Mismanagement of Neuroblastoma Tumor in Young Child Leads to Untimely Death

This case involves a 4-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma and was admitted for emergency surgery. The surgery was determined to be a success and a majority of the mass was resected. Over a several-week period following the…

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Missed Diagnosis of Septic Knee Joint With Patient Abandoned by Physician

This case involves a 64-year-old patient that presented to the hospital with severe knee pain. The ER staff contacted the orthopedist on call for instructions on how to manage this patient and they were told to aspirate the knee and…

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Patient Undergoes Left Lung Lobectomy and Dies From Ruptured Pulmonary Artery

This case involves a 59-year-old male with a past medical history significant for lung cancer.  The patient underwent a left upper lung lobectomy and mediastinoscopy.  Four days after being discharged from the hospital, the patient was readmitted for an acute episode…

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