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A husband and father from Beaver County underwent surgery on his back a hospital in Beaver. Following the surgery, a collection of blood started to form around his spinal cord (the medical term is epidural hematoma), but his doctor did not notice it until it was too late. Because the hematoma was not drained, it… read more
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Spinal Cord Damage Caused By Medical Negligence Failure To Diagnose Unstable Cervical Fracture Significant six-figure recovery for a Blair County man who suffered spinal cord damage when his doctors failed to discover an unstable cervical fracture and unwisely permitted him to be up and out of bed walking around. The walking caused the fracture to… read more
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A woman from Johnstown, Cambria County, suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of a ruptured disk pressing on the spinal cord causing a condition known as cauda equina syndrome. The surgeon who was attending to her in the hospital did not discover the spinal cord compression until it was too late. This woman suffered permanent… read more
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An elderly woman from Aliquippa, Beaver County, was undergoing surgery on her back. After the surgery, she developed a collection of blood around the spinal cord known as an epidural hematoma. Unfortunately, the doctors did not discover the presence of that hematoma soon enough and, as a result, her lower legs became paralyzed. We obtained… read more
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A young woman from Pittsburgh suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of being thrown from a horse. We filed a claim against the owner of the horse on the ground that riders should have been required to wear helmets and also because the horse was not properly supervised. A significant six-figure recovery, the maximum available insurance,… read more
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A young girl from Uniontown, Fayette County, went into the emergency room with complaints of back pain that should have alerted the doctors to the possibility that she had a disk compressing on her spinal cord injury. They ignored those warning signs for several days and by the time they finally discovered the problem, the young… read more
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A retiree from Shaler went into the ER at a North Hills hospital after falling at home and hitting his head. An X-ray and CT scan was taken of his neck in the emergency room, and he was told everything was fine and sent home. Within a few hours of leaving the hospital, he was… read more
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A young, single man from Allegheny County was tragically injured when he dove into a backyard swimming pool and suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. We filed a claim against the company that manufactured and sold the pool on the ground that their advertising had enticed people to dive head-first into pools… read more
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A young woman from Johnstown suffered cauda equina syndrome, a compression on her spinal cord caused by a ruptured disk, which left her with impaired bowel and bladder function and a dropped foot. This condition occurred while the patient was in the hospital with back pain, and we filed a medical malpractice claim against the hospital and… read more
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A teenage girl from Pittsburgh with scoliosis underwent surgery to correct her spine. During the surgery, some misplaced surgical screws caused injury to the spinal cord, which led to a significant drop in the patient’s blood pressure during the operation. In addition to the surgical error, the problem was compounded because the anesthesia team monitoring the… read more
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