Sepsis Misdiagnosis Lawsuit Results in $18M Settlement for Amputee
A New York woman has been awarded $18 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed after she had to have her hands and feet amputated because of a sepsis misdiagnosis.
According to allegations raised in the complaint, Tabitha Mullings went to the Brooklyn Hospital Center emergency room in 2008, where she was diagnosed as having kidney stones. She was given pain killers and sent home.
The next day her condition got worse and she twice called 911, but the New York City fire department medics refused to take her to the hospital, the lawsuit claims. Her fiancé took her to Fort Greene Hospital the following day, where she was diagnosed as having a sepsis infection.
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Learn MoreBy the time the correct diagnosis had been made, the infection had already spread through Mullings’ body, causing her to fall into a coma and suffer gangrene in all of her extremities. The sepsis infection ended up costing her both hands, both feet and leaving her partially blind.
The case was brought against Brooklyn Hospital Center for sepsis infection misdiagnosis and against New York City for medical negligence in failing to take her to the hospital when she called for help.
According to the settlement agreement, the hospital will pay Mullings $9.4 million and the city will pay her $8.5 million. Both defendants said they reached the settlement because they were concerned that a jury may have awarded Mullings much more due to the nature and severity of her injury.
The defendants attempted to have Mullings’ lawsuit dismissed, but a judge rejected their efforts. Despite the agreement to settle the sepsis misdiagnosis lawsuit, Brooklyn Hospital Center maintains that it did nothing wrong.
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JitendraOctober 4, 2012 at 3:08 am
Yea, let's see it cost billions. What you do is put the drug on the maekrt and sell 20 million prescriptions at $100 and you have enough to pay the attorneys to cover you. Too bad if several hundred are killed by them.In my state, now a doctor or nurse can kill you and there is nothing you can do. Friend went in for a stint and they pumped him full of stuff he was allergic to and killed him. T[Show More]Yea, let's see it cost billions. What you do is put the drug on the maekrt and sell 20 million prescriptions at $100 and you have enough to pay the attorneys to cover you. Too bad if several hundred are killed by them.In my state, now a doctor or nurse can kill you and there is nothing you can do. Friend went in for a stint and they pumped him full of stuff he was allergic to and killed him. Then the great ones told us it was a complication , but his sister is a doctor and found out that even though it was all over his chart not to give it to him they did. Poor nurse must have partied too much or had just gotten off at another hospital and didn't take her speed.By the way this state has had enough reform and guess who is the gov., the former RNC chairman, as M. Savage calls him the pork chop governor', Gov. Barber.Many more nightmare stories. they will have a free hand to guinea pig everyone and no recourse.If they hurt someone in the hospital they cover it up instead of telling the family, family doctor and others. Just scum. Before that you had a chance, but now maybe a couple of hundred thou after all and the attorneys don' want to because it's not worth it.When it happens to them they will change their tune. Funny how we couldn't find any doctors. What is it 2020 70% of doctors will be foreign. It's a joke. Some people will go right off a cliff. Has anyone gotten anything after they announce the big awards and then go to appeals, I don't think so. like the gal that had the hot coffee at McDonald's what was that 50 million and she ended up with nothing. Too bad the liberal media doesn't report that. Take care.