Large six-figure award

A 52-year-old woman from Altoona suffered a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) as a result of an injury to her common iliac vein, which occurred while she was undergoing surgery for an anterior spine fusion. As a result of the DVT, blood supply to the lower leg was disrupted and ultimately led to the amputation of the leg below the knee. We filed a delayed diagnosis of cancer against the surgeon on the grounds that he caused injury to the common iliac vein; that he did not repair that injury properly; and that he did not take appropriate measures to dissolve the DVT before it was too late. We obtained a high six-figure award on behalf of this woman.