{"id":5996,"date":"2025-10-07T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5996"},"modified":"2025-10-07T06:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:45:35","slug":"7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-infection-leading-to-wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-infection-leading-to-wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"$7.5 Million Settlement in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Infection Leading to Wrongful Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doe, 49, experienced severe back and shoulder pain. He went to an ER where he was administered pain medication. His pain remained severe over the next eight hours. Although blood work showed evidence of a serious infection, Doe remained in the ER waiting to be transferred to a floor. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier the same night, Doe told the nurse that he could not raise his right hand. He underwent a CT scan, which showed abnormal fluid collection in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK537044\/\">retropharyngeal<\/a> area. These findings were reported to the treating ER doctor.  Several hours later, Doe underwent an MRI. Shortly after the MRI, Doe suffered cardiac arrest. He died later that night. He was survived by his wife and two minor children. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit against the treating physician and physician assistant alleged that they chose not to diagnose timely and treat Doe\u2019s infection. The estate of Doe alleged that he had suffered from an undiagnosed staph infection, which began as an abscess in his retropharyngeal region. It was alleged that had Doe been administered antibiotics, he would have survived.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/7-5-million-settlement-in-failure-to-diagnose-and-treat-infection-leading-to-wrongful-death\/#more-5996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doe, 49, experienced severe back and shoulder pain. He went to an ER where he was administered pain medication. His pain remained severe over the next eight hours. Although blood work showed evidence of a serious infection, Doe remained in the ER waiting to be transferred to a floor. 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