Valium - Jury Verdicts

______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - IMPROPER ADMINISTRATION OF VALIUM PRIOR TO COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE LEADS TO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND CARDIO-PULMONARY DISTRESS - ASPIRATION OF VOMIT - PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPS PNEUMONIA.: This was a survival action brought by the estate of the decedent, age 70 when he underwent a colonoscopy procedure performed by the defendant gastroenterologist, during which the defendant allegedly administered an excessive dose of Valium too quickly.

The plaintiff contended that as a result, the decedent fell into respiratory distress and suffered cardio-pulmonary arrest. Th...
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______ VERDICT - IMPROPER ADMINISTRATION OFANESTHESIA BY DEFENDANT NON-PHYSICIAN C.R.N.A. - FAILURE TO MONITOR AND RECORD VITAL SIGNS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA - CO-DEFENDANT ANESTHESIOLOGY GROUP NEGLIGENT IN ROUTINELY PERMITTING CRNA EMPLOYEES TO ADMINISTER DRUGS WITHOUT DOCTOR'S ORDERS - PATIENT SUFFERS RESPIRATORY ARREST - BRAIN DAMAGE - PATIENT REMAINS IN PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE - TRIAL ON DAMAGES ONLY FOLLOWING ADMISSION OF LIABILITY PRIOR TO START OF TRIAL.: This was a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of the incapacitated plaintiff, who was 31 years of age when he fell into respiratory arrest prior to the performance of out-patient surgery due to improper administration of anesthesia by an unqualified non-physician certified registered nurse anesthetist(CRNA), as a result of which he sustained severe and permanent brain...
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______ GROSS VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ALLEGED UNNECESSARY USE ANTI-HYPERTENSION DRUG ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPRESSION - ALLEGED INADEQUATE MONITORING OF DRUG - SEVERE DEPRESSION - DEATH BY SUICIDE.: This was a medical malpractice/death action in which the plaintiff contended that the defendant internist, treating the decedent for high blood pressure, unnecessarily utilized a drug which could cause depression and negligently failed to withdraw the drug when the decedent became depressed. The plaintiff also contended that the defendant failed to monitor the patient at suffic...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE OF EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN TO DIAGNOSE HYPOXIC EVENT - FAILURE TO CONTINUE OXYGEN ADMINISTERED IN AMBULANCE UPON PATIENT'S COLLAPSE AT HOME - ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRAINDICATED THORAZINE CAUSES HYPOTENSION AND FURTHER DECREASES AMOUNT OF OXYGEN REACHING BRAIN - SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE.: This was a medical malpractice action in which the female plaintiff, age 35 at the time, contended that the emergency room physician at the defendant hospital negligently failed to conduct an appropriate diagnostic work-up and take proper tests including arterial blood gas studies when the plaintiff was brought to the hospital by ambulance after collapsing at home from an apparent...
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______ VERDICT - NURSE ALLEGEDLY PARTICIPATES INPREMATURE AMBULATION OF PATIENT FOLLOWING HEMORRHOID SURGERY - INFILTRATION OF I.V. SALINE - FAILURE TO TREAT INFECTIOUS PROCESS FOR THREE DAY PERIOD - SEVERE INFECTION RENDERING DOMINANT ARM USELESS - SEVERE PAIN - PATIENT DIES FROM UNRELATED CAUSES THREE YEARS LATER.: In this action, the plaintiff contended that the initial nurse, an R.N., negligently permitted the 68-year-old patient to prematurely ambulate from bed shortly after a hemorrhoidectomy and use of an epidural anesthetic while the patient was still under the effects of Valium and Demerol. The plaintiff further contended that the nurse negligently left the patient standing unatten...
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______ VERDICT Nursing Malpractice - nurse allegedly participates in premature ambulation of patient following hemorrhoid surgery - infiltration of I.V. saline - failure to treat infectious process for three day period - severe infection rendering dominant arm useless - severe pain.: In this action, the plaintiff contended that the initial nurse, an R.N., negligently permitted the 68-year-old patient to prematurely ambulate from bed shortly after a hemorrhoidectomy and use of an epidural anesthetic while the patient was still under the effects of Valium and Demerol. The plaintiff further contended that the nurse negligently left the patient standing u...
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______ VERDICT Lack of informed consent and negligent perforation of esophagus claimed with regard to endoscopy procedure performed by the defendant gastroenterology fellow and supervised by the co- defendant gastroenterologist - lack of adequate supervision alleged.: This was a medical malpractice action involving a male plaintiff who underwent an endoscopy procedure for esophageal stricturing performed by the defendant gastroenterology fellow, during which the plaintiff's esophagus was perforated.

The plaintiff, who is a veterinarian, brought suit against the defendant gastroenterology fellow and the co-defendant attending gastr...
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______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - LACK OF INFORMED CONSENT AND NEGLIGENT PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS CLAIMED WITH REGARD TO ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED BY THE DEFENDANT GASTROENTEROLOGY FELLOW AND SUPERVISED BY THE CO-DEFENDANT GASTROENTEROLOGIST - LACK OF ADEQUATE SUPERVISION ALLEGED.: This was a medical malpractice action involving a male plaintiff who underwent an endoscopy procedure for esophageal stricturing, performed by the defendant gastroenterology fellow during which the plaintiff's esophagus was perforated. The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant gastroenterology fellow and the co- defendant attending gastroenterologist alleging that the pro...
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______ VERDICT Wrongful Death - alleged negligent failure to diagnose heart condition - death of 35-year-old husband and father of two minor children from heart attack.: The plaintiffs in this action were the wife, nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son of the male decedent, who died at age 35 of a heart attack. The plaintiffs brought suit against the defendant medical group who saw the decedent within a year prior to his death for complaints of chest pain. The plaintiffs contended that the medical defendant's deviated from the standa...
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______ VERDICT - WRONGFUL DEATH - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE MEDULLARY CANCER OF THE THYROID - ONE YEAR DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS RESULTS IN DEATH OF DECEDENT.: This was a death action brought by the estate of the female decedent, whose death at age 69 was allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant internist in failing to conduct adequate diagnostic testing upon the decedent in response to her specific complaints. The plaintiff contended that due to the failure of the defendant to undertake proper care and treatment of the dec...
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