Nash & Associates: Case Under Investigation
Peritonitis: Massive Infection following gall bladder surgery
Case Facts: This case involves a client who went to a local area hospital for a laparoscopic gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy). While the surgery appeared to have been done uneventfully, our client continued to suffer from numerous problems following the operation.
The attending health care providers, upon cursory examination, assured the client that there was no major problem. After substantial delay in addressing these complaints, it was discovered that the surgeon had banded-off a duct with a stone in the duct. A review of the medical records further revealed that our client had sustained a perforation of his cystic duct leading to massive infection.
As a result of the delay in diagnosis, the client suffered very prolonged and multiple hospitalizations, multiple interventions, excruciating pain and suffering and continuing disability.
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Again, the above ‘cases under investigation’ are just that – under investigation. At Nash & Associates, we recognize that bad results can occur even when the medical care is totally proper. We believe it is our ethical duty to our clients to totally and properly investigate these matters to identify those cases in which tragic outcomes are the result of negligence. While we attempt to initially screen incoming matters to determine which may have merit, the final determination to proceed to a lawsuit is not made unless and until we are satisfied, through proper investigation and qualified expert consultation. that a valid malpractice case exists. Of course, the ultimate determination of the validity of a case lies with the jurors who must unanimously agree that our assessment was correct.
We provide the above information to give you, the visitors to our sight, information as to a sampling of the nature of our practice and insight into the expertise we possess in this area of the law. We do not simply market, collect cases and refer them to other lawyers, who specialize in this area of the law. We are the ones who handle these matters with our many years of highly successful experience in the evaluation, settlement and, when necessary, litigation of medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases.
