Any Medical Malpractice Attorneys out there? What do you think about this?

Question

A 19 Year Old Boy goes to the Doctor with a Cough and Chest Congestion he's Diagnosed with Bronchitis, given Steroid ihnaler and Antibiotic Prescriptions. 2 Days later he is have some Abdominal Pain, Vomiting and Diarreaha. He is then given a Cat Scan and Diagnosed with a Swollen Bladder, it was putting pressure on his Bowels and intestines. he is given a Cathiter and kept overnight. he is admitted at around 8:30 P.M at around 10 P.m he is given a Morhine Drip for pain he has an allergic reaction so he is given 2 Doses of Narcan his heart rate goes to 200 BPM he is given another grug to slow his heart it slows to 45 BPM at 4:07 A.M he dies of an Enlarged Heart. No Chest X-Rays were done until after his heart rate jumped so high, only then did they see the Enlarged Heart. This young man Graduated from High School 2 Years Ago. And played Football and Wrestling all 4 Years. He did start smoking Cigarettes and Marijuana After High School. That is it in a NutShell, What do you think?

Answer 1

Medical Malpratice cases are dificult and expensive to prosecute; therefore one issue is potential damages. In some states, the potentional damages for a young peron, unemployed, who isnt the support for anyone, is quite low.

As to the liabilty issue one would have to look at the autopsy and evaluate the cause of death. Was the contition caused by the treatment ofr pre-existing? Did he have a secondary desease of problem that led to the admission? Did the doctors depart from good and accepted treatment? Yes one can find and expert willing to testify as to virtually anything but, givem the case, one would want a case of more clear liability, which cannot be evaluated with a complete review of the records.

Answer 2

This is a very sad story. I am so sorry for your loss. I would like to say there is likely a lot more to this story than meets the eye. I would suggest you or the family start with the hospital administrator. Things have changed and hospitals are a lot more open if and when they make mistakes these days. Young healthy males don't just die from "enlarged hearts" however and from the story above it doesn't look like there was negligence. If the hospital won't cooperate, then go the attorney route. Bear in mind though, they keep most of whatever monies are collected in a settlement so please avoid those who advertise heavily.....or seek you out. If any answer you here looking to help you, esp for free....AVOID them. Good luck....I hope you get some peace from all of this.

Answer 3

Unless the doctors had a thorough background on his chest trouble an allergy risks, they did what they could with the available data, and I don't think it's actionable. An enlarged heart is a rare pathology at that age and if it was not dete'cted during his sports career, how do you expect emergency doctors to suspect that?

Ambulance chasing is an evil pastime that makes prosecuting REAL malpractice all the harder, and drives medical insurance through the roof, thus making care even less affordable for the less affluent.

Answer 4

I'm sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, your friends symptoms were not the symptoms of an enlarged heart, and like your friend ... many people have none of the symptoms at all before their sudden death.

This site explains enlarged hearts in teenangers in a very understandable way.

http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Health/20572.html

Answer 5

I don't think it was malpractice except for the allergy. But he was probably asked if he knew of any allergies but tests should have been done. YOu could at least get a case but I'm not sure if you could win. I'm not saying there isn't a good chance but its like a 50-50 chance.

Answer 6

I think your a fine democrat LOL