Med Mal Reviewer

Real medical malpractice cases.

16: Motorcycle Crash

A 55-year-old man presents to the ED after a motorcycle accident with a deformed left leg and hypotension.

15: Ski accident

A 61-year-old woman on warfarin was skiing when she crashed and hit her head.

14: Leg Pain

A 59-year-old man presents to his PCP with leg pain and numbness.

13: Cervical Fusion

A 53-year-old man presents to his PCP with neck pain, and is referred to a spine surgeon. 

12: Chest pain

A 61-year-old man presents to the ED with chest pain.

11: Chest pain

A 58-year-old woman presents to the ED with chest and jaw pain.

10: Shortness of Breath

A 33-year-old woman on dialysis presented to the ED with shortness of breath.

9: Abdominal Pain

A 47-year-old woman went to the ED with abdominal pain following gastric bypass surgery 2 weeks earlier.

8: COUGH

A 63-year-old man went to urgent care with a cough and tachycardia.

7: Ankle injury

A 30-year-old man presents to the ED after suffering an ankle injury while on a surfing vacation to Indonesia.

6: Respiratory arrest

A 52-year-old woman checked into the ED with shortness of breath, and was pulseless within a few minutes.

5: knee pain

A 70-year-old veteran went to the ED with left leg pain after falling off his deck a week earlier. 

4: Motor Vehicle Collision

A 48-year-old man is taken to the ED by EMS after crashing his car into an embankment.

3: OVerdose

A 17-year-old girl is brought to the ED after a heroin overdose that was reversed with naloxone.

2: Fever

A 36-year-old man has numerous visits for vague complaints including fever, myalgias, and cough.

1: shortness of breath

A 31-year-old man presents to the ED with shortness of breath, tachycardia, tachypnea, and fever.