Pulmonary Embolus

High six-figure settlement

Pulmonary Embolus Wrongful Death Case Result Settlement for the family of an elderly woman who had died due to failure to treat a pulmonary embolus at a Pittsburgh hospital. The woman had a history of prior pulmonary embolus and came into the hospital with signs and symptoms of another one, but she was not given blood-thinning medication such… read more

Large six-figure recovery

A 72-year-old woman from Pittsburgh died in a Pittsburgh hospital due to a delay in diagnosing a pulmonary embolus. If the clot had been discovered sooner, it could have been dissolved before it traveled to the lung and led to the patient’s death. We obtained a large six-figure recovery on behalf of this women’s adult children.

Large million-dollar award

Following the delivery of her child, a woman from northern Pennsylvania began developing blood clots in her leg (the medical term is deep venous thrombosis). Her obstetrician did not give her proper blood-thinning medication and, as a result, one of the clots in the leg broke off and caused a delay in diagnosing a pulmonary embolus…. read more

Large award in excess of a million dollars

A husband from Allegheny County and a teacher at a community college died from a delay in diagnosing a pulmonary embolus that was not discovered while he was a patient at a Pittsburgh hospital following abdominal surgery. We filed a legal claim against the doctors and nurses claiming that there were clear warning signs that this… read more