$1,500,000: Nurse Negligence Leads to Wrongful Death of Teacher Following Lower Back Surgery

September 24, 2015

Daughter holding her mother hand in hospitalCASE DESCRIPTION: Decedent died due to bleeding after low back surgery. He sustained a retroperitoneal hemorrhage, left side from diaphragm to pelvis and an estimated blood loss greater than 1000 cc’s. The bleed was due to a small puncture of a vessel at the time of the surgery. The nurses failed to call the surgeon despite patient experiencing unusual thigh pain and tell-tale signs of bleeding post-surgery, such as an increased pulse but a decreased blood pressure.

FINAL RESULT: 1.5 million settlement at mediation 

TYPE OF CASE: Medical Malpractice/Wrongful death

DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: 12/5/13

DECEDENT’S AGE: 47

DECEDENT’S OCCUPATION: Teacher

PLAINTIFFS’ ATTORNEYS:
Richard A. Cohn, Esq.
AITKEN✦AITKEN✦COHN
3 MacArthur Place, Suite 800
Santa Ana, CA 92707
(714) 434-1424

DEFENDANTS’ ATTORNEYS:
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