{"id":2042,"date":"2015-03-30T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2015-03-29T22:26:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T03:26:30","slug":"appellate-court-affirms-decision-that-expert-testimony-is-required-in-lawsuit-where-it-was-alleged-amputation-resulted-from-fracture-caused-by-negligent-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/appellate-court-affirms-decision-that-expert-testimony-is-required-in-lawsuit-where-it-was-alleged-amputation-resulted-from-fracture-caused-by-negligent-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Appellate Court Affirms Decision That Expert Testimony is Required in Lawsuit In Which it Was Alleged Amputation Resulted From Fracture Caused by Negligent Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota Appellate Court has held that expert testimony was required to prove a plaintiff\u2019s claim that the paramedic\u2019s negligent transfer was the cause of a patient\u2019s ankle injury and later resulted in a leg amputation.<\/p>\n<p>Mary C. suffered from various health problems and was a left-leg amputee. After she developed respiratory problems, Mary called an ambulance. When the ambulance arrived, she was being moved from her wheelchair to a stretcher. While she was being moved, she suffered a fractured right ankle. This fracture led to unsuccessful ankle surgeries followed by infection and ultimately the amputation of her right leg.<\/p>\n<p>Mary C. sued the ambulance service, alleging its paramedics were negligent in transferring her to the stretcher and caused her fall and ankle fracture, which ultimately led to the amputation of her right leg. The defendant moved to dismiss, arguing that Mary had failed to serve the required affidavit of expert identification within the statutory time frame. The court granted defendant\u2019s (the ambulance service) motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/appellate-court-affirms-decision-that-expert-testimony-is-required-in-lawsuit-where-it-was-alleged-amputation-resulted-from-fracture-caused-by-negligent-transfer\/#more-2042\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota Appellate Court has held that expert testimony was required to prove a plaintiff\u2019s claim that the paramedic\u2019s negligent transfer was the cause of a patient\u2019s ankle injury and later resulted in a leg amputation. Mary C. suffered from various health problems and was a left-leg amputee. After she developed respiratory problems, Mary called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,24,25,51,27,21,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-medical-services","category-experts","category-hospital-errors","category-infectious-disease","category-medical-malpractice","category-misdiagnosis","category-misdiagnosis-of-infection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Appellate Court Affirms Decision That Expert Testimony is Required in Lawsuit In Which it Was Alleged Amputation Resulted From Fracture Caused by Negligent Transfer &#8212; 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