| Type of Case |
Ohio County |
Date of Resolution |
| Case # 1: Diagnosis of aggressive liposarcoma cancer tumor
behind the knee was missed in a 48 year old male. The cancer metastasized and the
man died a wrongful death. |
Hamilton |
08/99 |
| Case # 2: Defendant repairing roof top and threw box of parts off
roof hitting Plaintiff in the head resulting in traumatic brain injury. |
Franklin |
05/01 |
| Case # 3: Brain injury suffered at birth due to the negligence of a
resident and nurses in evaluating and failing to appreciate the emergent nature of the
distress. Failure to call doctor for a timely Cesarean section. |
Franklin |
05/01 |
| Case # 4: Undiagnosed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever resulting from
negligent emergency room care, thus causing some brain inure and loss parts of toes. |
Athens |
10/01 |
| Case # 5: Inappropriate AROM (Artificial Rupture of Membranes) to induce
labor resulting in prolapsed cord, fetal distress and a brain damaged baby. |
Mercer |
01/02 |
| Case # 6: Obstetrician's failure to heed standard guidelines for timely
diagnosis of intrauterine growth retardation directly resulted in brain injury to the
infant. |
Logan |
6/02 |
| Case # 7: Employer attempting to pick up a personnel lift, which had blown
over in a storm. Employer was using a forklift to accomplish this task. Load
became unstable and came crashing down on client. Client was severely injured with
permanent paralysis of left arm. |
Lucas |
8/02 |
| Case # 8: Failure to properly manage pregnant patient who was an
insulin-dependent diabetic. |
Knox |
01/03 |
| Case # 9: Failure to diagnose pseudomyzoma peritoneil resulting in death. |
* |
01/03 |
| Case #10: Week old baby suffered brain injury as a result of jaundice
which was aggravated by negligent follow up procedures by hospital and treating
pediatrician. |
Clinton |
04/03 |
| Case #11: Forty-one year old whose hand was caught in an elevator some six
hours before, presented to emergency room and was released after physicians failed to
diagnose compartment syndrome, which ultimately led to the loss of the patient's hand. |
Washington |
08/03 |
| Case #12: Plaintiff was operating motorcycle when Defendant turned her
vehicle in front of Plaintiff, causing collision. Injuries: concussion, several
fractured teeth, right leg fracture, left brachial plexus injury. |
Allen |
08/03 |
| Case #13: Elderly lady suffered neurologic injury from undiagnosed abscess
after neurosurgery resulting in partial paralysis and other problems. |
Morrow |
01/04 |
