Medical Practice Cleared in Patient's Death
A medical practice that administered a physical was not help liable after the patient died due to rejection of a heart transplant.
January 22, 2018 at 11:01 AM
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
ORANGE CIRCUIT COURT
A jury found a Longwood medical practice was not to blame in a patient's fatal heart attack.
In February 2012, a doctor with Associated Family Medicine II examined James Ferris, 47, for a physical. Ferris complained of shortness of breath and pneumonia. He was diagnosed with a pulmonary condition. In March, Ferris had a heart attack and was given a heart transplant. He died after his body rejected the transplant. Ferris's estate alleged he should have had been given an EKG and referred to a cardiologist.
The practice argued Ferris' complaints were consistent with lung problems, so there was no reason for an EKG or a referral. The treating doctors previously settled, and another medical practice was dismissed from the case.
Case: Ferris v Hardy
Case No.: 2013-CA-003019-O
Plaintiffs attorneys: H. Scott Bates, Richard W. Bates and John W. Dill, Morgan & Morgan, Orlando
Defense attorneys: Henry W. Jewett II and Jeremy T. Palma, Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue, McLain & Mangan, Orlando
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