Significant six-figure recovery

A middle-aged man from Uniontown, Fayette County, presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms of a dissected aortic aneurysm, which was causing pericardial effusion, a collection of fluid around his heart. The doctors in the ER did not discover the problem, and the man died. If they had correctly diagnosed his condition, the aortic dissection could have been repaired in surgery. We obtained a significant six-figure recovery for this man’s widow.