Significant six-figure recovery

An elderly man from Pittsburgh died as a result of endocarditis, which developed following the placement of a St. Jude aortic valve. Patients with aortic valves are prone to develop endocarditis. We filed a claim against the physicians on the ground that they should have discovered the endocarditis much sooner when it could have been successfully treated with antibiotics. Unfortunately, that did not happen. We obtained a significant six-figure recovery on behalf of this man’s family.