Approximately one year after the patient’s death a lawsuit was filed by the patient’s family against both the ED physician Dr. B, the surgeon Dr. R, and the hospital.
They allege that the physicians were negligent in their care “by not calling for a much more immediate and timely transfer to a trauma hospital and failing to follow advanced trauma and life support guidelines for managing a patient suffering from hypovolemic shock.”
Their specific claims against the emergency physician Dr. B are listed below:
The complaint against the surgeon Dr. R:
The plaintiff’s lawyer had offered to settle for $1,000,000 but this was rejected by the malpractice insurance company.
Almost 3 years after the lawsuit was filed, the hospital and the surgeon (Dr. R) were dropped from the lawsuit.
This left only Dr. B as the remaining defendant.
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