{"id":1873,"date":"2014-11-11T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2014-11-10T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:13:31","slug":"jury-verdict-5-2-million-reduced-high-low-agreement-1-2-knee-amputation-following-artery-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury-verdict-5-2-million-reduced-high-low-agreement-1-2-knee-amputation-following-artery-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Verdict of $5.2 Million Reduced by High-Low Agreement to $1.2 Million for Above-the-Knee Amputation Following Artery Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Tolson was 49 years old when he was injured as the collapsible barrier he was walking over suddenly shot upward, entangling him. He was taken to the nearby hospital emergency room where he experienced symptoms, which included a cold left foot that he was unable to move, numbness and tingling in the foot as well as severe pain. X-rays were completed and a physician assistant diagnosed knee strain and released Tolson from the hospital with instructions to see an orthopedic surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>When Tolson\u2019s symptoms persisted, he consulted a local doctor who detected low pulse in his leg and instructed him to return to the hospital. An MRI revealed that all of the ligaments in Tolson\u2019s left knee were damaged. Despite surgery, Tolson\u2019s leg had to be amputated above the knee. He had been a security guard working two jobs at about $20 an hour, but is now able to hold only one position due to his medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Tolson sued the physician assistant and emergency room physician at the hospital and also named the hospital as a party defendant. It was alleged in the lawsuit that these medical providers chose not to diagnose a <a href=\"http:\/\/archsurg.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=212415\">popliteal artery injury<\/a>. Tolson claimed that based on his symptoms and the x-rays that were taken at the emergency room a dislocation and possible vascular injury could not be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury-verdict-5-2-million-reduced-high-low-agreement-1-2-knee-amputation-following-artery-injury\/#more-1873\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Tolson was 49 years old when he was injured as the collapsible barrier he was walking over suddenly shot upward, entangling him. 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