Medical negligence involving prosthetic leg

Outcome: $250,000.00 Settlement

Description: Medical negligence involving improper adjustment of a prosthetic leg of a 49 year-old man. The prosthesis fell off, causing the plaintiff to fall onto the stump of his tibia, shattering it. The plaintiff also developed severe post-traumatic arthritis of the knee. In a motion before trial, the judge ruled that the prosthetist was liable for failing to tighten a crucial screw which held the limb together.