Significant six-figure recovery

An elderly woman from Greensburg went to the ER and was found to have a very low blood count, a condition known as anemia. She was sent to her family doctor to investigate the anemia. However, the family doctor never took her blood pressure or did any investigation to see what could be causing the low blood count. It turned out the woman had intestinal bleeding, but that was never detected until it was too late, and the woman died from excessive bleeding. We filed a medical malpractice claim and wrongful death claim against the physician on the ground that he would have discovered the internal bleeding ulcer if he would have taken the patient’s blood pressure and done a little more investigation into the patient’s low blood count. A significant six-figure recovery was obtained for this woman’s husband.