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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS IN NEWBORN - FAILURE TO FOLLOW-UP ABNORMAL X-RAY - WRONGFUL DEATH FROM OVERWHELMING INFECTION AT FIVE DAYS OLD.
The plaintiff mother brought this medical malpractice action against her attending pediatrician/neonatologist, two residents and the hospital where her daughter was born. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants failed to diagnose and treat herpes simplex virus in the newborn resulting in her wrongful death five days after birth. The defendants argued that there was no evidenc...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS IN NEWBORN - FAILURE TO FOLLOW-UP ABNORMAL X-RAY - WRONGFUL DEATH FROM OVERWHELMING INFECTION AT FIVE DAYS OLD.
The plaintiff mother brought this medical malpractice action against her attending pediatrician/neonatologist, two residents and the hospital where her daughter was born. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants failed to diagnose and treat herpes simplex virus in the newborn resulting in her wrongful death five days after birth. The defendants argued that there was no evidenc...
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______ VERDICT Alleged negligent failure to refer patient for medical treatment - Alleged negligence in proceeding with extraction of teeth in face of patient's disputed symptoms of illness - Failure to refer for medical treatment allegedly causes delay in diagnosis and treatment of herpes viral encephalitis - Permanent brain damage - Negligence additionally asserted against defendant hospital for failing to timely administer anti-viral medication ordered by physician.
The plaintiff in this action was a 71-year-old male who presented to the defendants' dental office complaining of a toothache. The defendant dentist found extensive periodontal disease, extracted several teeth and instructed the plaintiff to return for further extractions. The plaintiff alleged that he was very ill and disoriented when he presented to the defendants' office, an...
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______ RECOVERY (present cash value settlement) Failure to perform proper work-up on infant with potential signs of infection - Delay in diagnosis and treatment of Herpes Simplex - Severe Herpes Simplex Encephalitis ensues.
This action was brought on behalf of the female infant plaintiff for injuries suffered as an alleged result of the negligence of the defendant pediatrician in failing to properly respond to symptoms potentially indicative of infection. The plaintiff contended that when the defendant pediatrician was advised by the mother that the infant had developed scabs on her head, the defe...
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______ VERDICT Suit brought against County Medical Center where minor plaintiff was treated - Alleged failure to properly address minor plaintiff's symptoms and timely diagnose viral encephalitis - Brain damage - Defendant asserts statute of limitations defense in addition to other defenses on issues of liability.
This malpractice action was brought on behalf of the minor male plaintiff against the Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center, a Los Angeles County Hospital, where the child was p 7 3 treated when he became ill in December of 1993. The plaintiff alleged that the medical caregivers employed by the defendant county hospital, who treated the minor ...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - BENCH TRIAL - ALLEGED NEGLIGENT FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE HERPES INFECTION IN NEWBORN - HERPES PROGRESSES UNTREATED TO HERPES ENCEPHALITIS - SEVERE AND PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE WHICH THE PLAINTIFF ALLEGED WAS PREVENTABLE WITH TIMELY TREATMENT.
This medical malpractice action proceeded to trial against two defendant neonatologists, both of whom took part in the treatment of the female infant plaintiff immediately postpartum. The plaintiff contended that the defendants failed to timely diagnose herpes infection in the newborn, whose first symptoms appeared in the form of a skin rash/lesion. The plaintiff alleged that alth...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED DELAY IN PERFORMANCE OF CESAREAN SECTION - FAILURE TO APPRECIATE FETAL DISTRESS - HYPOXIC BRAIN INJURY TO NEWBORN.
This case went to the jury against the defendant ob/gyn, who delivered the minor plaintiff, as well as the hospital where the baby was born.

The plaintiff claimed that there was a delay in performance of a cesarean section which resulted in a hypoxic brain injury to the newborn. A second hospital and resident which treated the child were dismissed shortly after trial began. A...
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______ VERDICT Alleged failure by defendant neurologists to prescribe medication for plaintiff mother who developed postpartum Bell's Palsy after delivering baby - Medical treatment was deferred because of breast feeding by plaintiff - Development of synkinesis.
The plaintiff, a sales executive of a discount clothing company, delivered her baby at the defendant New York Presbyterian Cornell Medical Center. Immediately postpartum, she developed Bell 's palsy. Her obstetrician and a resident obstetrician and an attending and resident neurologist evaluated the plaintiff's condition. When the condition developed into synkinesis, which is characte...
- from The New York Jury Verdict Review and Analysis (44201) Login for Acyclovir Verdict
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