Matthew Dudley settled a case for $2,750,000 on behalf of a widow whose husband died due to anesthesia negligence. The patient, a 50-year-old male, was undergoing an elective surgical procedure under general anesthesia. The anesthesiologist did not realize that the endotracheal tube had been placed in the esophagus, resulting in the patient suffering profound brain damage due to lack of oxygen, which led to his death three days later. Anesthesia machines are equipped with monitoring devices that should detect the presence of carbon dioxide, indicating the patient has been correctly intubated. In this case, the anesthesiologist bypassed the built-in monitoring device and ignored the requests of the nursing staff to recheck the intubation. This was a very preventable medical error.
$25.31 Million Verdict In Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Case
Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the estate of a 55-year-old man who died as a result of septic shock caused by an undiagnosed...