Large lawsuit against ER physician for stroke mismanagement

$75M Verdict in Med Mal Trial Over Stroke That Profoundly Paralyzed Patient Jurors handed down a $75 million verdict against a pair of Georgia physicians last week, after finding them responsible for the “locked-in” paralysis one of their patients suffered during a catastrophic stroke. blog.cvn.com Locked-In Syndrome Malpractice Case Ends With $75M Verdict After a chiropractic neck adjustment led to a stroke, the patient's attorney alleged that hospital physicians failed to act swiftly, resulting in locked-in syndrome. www.medscape.com Lawsuit just awarded to the plaintiff in GA. Appears that the young patient went to a chiropractor and developed a vertebral artery dissection after neck manipulation. IT appears the ER doc got slammed and the majority of punishment due to him editing his note after realizing what had happened. The neurologist was cleared of any wrongdoing... Read more
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