Significant six-figure recovery

A maintenance man from Pittsburgh went to the emergency room at a South Side hospital with complaints indicating that he had a urinary tract infection. He should have been admitted to the hospital but was sent home. While at home, the infection got much worse. By the time he returned to the hospital, the infection was in his blood stream (a condition known as sepsis), and he ended up dying. We filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against the ER on the ground that they should have admitted him to the hospital originally and given him strong antibiotic treatment to stop the infection before it went too far. We received a significant six-figure recovery on behalf of his widow.