Woman suffers amputation after compartment syndrome – $890,000 Settlement 
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Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: Medical Malpractice
A mother and wife, in her 60s, went to her local hospital’s emergency room complaining of pain in her right leg and knee. She could recall no specific event or trauma that might have caused her pain.
Plaintiff advised the defendant ER physician of her history of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, hypertension, ...
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