Significant seven-figure recovery for paraplegic retiree

Robert, a retiree from Shaler, went into the ER at UPMC Passavant 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, Robert was a paraplegic. The doctors in the ER had failed to see that he had an unstable fracture of his cervical spine, and by permitting him to walk out of the hospital, the fracture shifted and caused a permanent spinal cord injury. Rob’s wife had to quit her job, and she now takes care of her husband at home on a full-time basis as he lives in his wheelchair. We obtained a recovery well in excess of a million dollars for Bob and his wife.