Thomas M Kiley's Legal Cases (2)

Medical malpractice

Locicero vs Rappaport

Oct 28, 1988

OUTCOME: Plaintiff verdict in the amount of $10,000,000.00

Mrs Locicero presented to the hospital with a severe headache. The provisional diagnosis after a neurological examination was that she had a bleed in the brain. Prior to sending the patient for a CAT s ... can which was the diagnostic test of choice because it is noninvasive the ER physician performed a lumbar puncture. The CAT scan would have confirmed that the patient had suffered an inter- cerebral bleed and alerted the physician that the lumbar puncture was not necessary and that it posed a risk of herniating the brainstem. Following the performance of the lumbar puncture the patient became unconcous. She never regained concoiusness and remains in a persistant vegitative state

Construction and development

John Doe vs ABC Properties

N/A

OUTCOME: $4,400,000 Settlement

The Plaintiff an electrician sustained third degree burns over 40% of his body as a result of an electrical arc-flash explosion involving 4160 volts of electricity. The plaintiff was directed by the la ... ndlord's agent to perform work on a high voltage substation that should have been de-energized prior to the performance of the work. The work was supervised by the landlord's engineering manager who failed to review the electrical schematics prior to attempting to de-energize the substation. Although the portion of the cabinet the Plaintiff was working on remained energized he was wrongly assured by the engineer that it was safe to work on. The Plaintiff who was 44 years of age as of the date of his injuries underwent 18 surgeries and sustained over one million dollars in medical expenses.

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