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Pittsburgh Couple Wins $3 Million in Medical Malpractice Case
East News • November 26, 2007
A suburban Pittsburgh couple has won a $3 million malpractice suit after the woman's sinus infection was misdiagnosed and turned into a brain abcess.
Lynn and James Flaherty, of Bethel Park, won ...
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| RE: RE: poor article | Gena | Nov 27, 2007, 2:25 pm |
| RE: poor article | Mary | Nov 27, 2007, 1:12 pm |
| well... | bubba | Nov 27, 2007, 12:17 pm |
| RE: RE: Details | Reagan | Nov 27, 2007, 9:13 am |
| RE: Some mistake! | Married w/Grown Children | Nov 26, 2007, 2:18 pm |
| RE: Details | DesertRat | Nov 26, 2007, 1:48 pm |
| Ouch | Cat Scratch Fever | Nov 26, 2007, 1:46 pm |
| Details | Sam | Nov 26, 2007, 1:31 pm |
| poor article | Compman | Nov 26, 2007, 1:19 pm |
| RE: RE: Some mistake! | DesertRat | Nov 26, 2007, 1:12 pm |
| Settlement | Al Vaina | Nov 26, 2007, 1:10 pm |
| RE: Some mistake! | Sinus Suffer | Nov 26, 2007, 12:49 pm |
| Some mistake! | O Dear | Nov 26, 2007, 12:42 pm |
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Subject: RE: RE: Some mistake!
My only question would be: When the symptoms did not respond to the corticosteroid, did the patient return to the doctor to seek further treatment or just say "oh well, it didn't work" and continue on until the condition worsened to the point of serious problems.
Most doctors set a follow-up appointment after prescribing any type of medication for the sole purpose of determining if the course of treatment was effective or needs to be evaluated further. As usual, there is a lot of left out info in this case beyond a simple "oops! here's 3 million bucks"