{"id":4146,"date":"2018-09-21T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2018-09-21T04:55:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T09:55:39","slug":"18-million-jury-verdict-for-late-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-infection-to-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/18-million-jury-verdict-for-late-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-infection-to-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"$18 Million Jury Verdict for Late Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection to Spine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Simmons, 58, was experiencing acute back pain. She went to the emergency room at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjchs.org\/default.aspx\">St. Joseph\u2019s\/Candler Hospital<\/a>. She was treated and released. Her back pain continued.  <\/p>\n<p>Eight days after the back pain started, she returned to the hospital complaining of an altered mental status. Testing revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/septicemia\">blood stream infection<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>An infectious disease specialist, Dr. Sarah Barbour, examined Simmons, who then began to experience progressive leg weakness. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/18-million-jury-verdict-for-late-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-infection-to-spine\/#more-4146\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Simmons, 58, was experiencing acute back pain. She went to the emergency room at St. Joseph\u2019s\/Candler Hospital. She was treated and released. Her back pain continued. Eight days after the back pain started, she returned to the hospital complaining of an altered mental status. Testing revealed a blood stream infection. 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