Recovery well in excess of six figures

A housewife from Blair County had a drainage tube placed in her chest (The medical term for the procedure is a “thoracoscopy.”) in order to drain fluid that had collected around her lung. Unfortunately, the doctor placed the tube in the wrong location and he lacerated the spleen. The woman had to undergo emergency surgery for removal of her spleen. (A surgery called a “splenectomy.”) Although the woman made a good recovery, she is now without her spleen. We filed a personal injury and medical malpractice action against the physician who did the thoracoscopy, and a recovery well in excess of six figures was obtained.