Large six-figure settlement

A retired man from Pittsburgh entered a Monroeville hospital for bowel surgery. When his belly was opened to repair the bowel, the surgeon should have also seen that he had an aortic aneurysm in the same area that was in need of immediate repair. However, the surgeon never saw the aneurysm. Three days later, the man suffered a ruptured aneurysm and bled to death. We successfully proved that the doctor should have seen the aneurysm during the original surgery, and if he had repaired it, it never would have ruptured and the patient would be alive today. A large six-figure settlement was obtained for the patient’s widow after the filing of a medical malpractice case.