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What's New > Vascular Misdiagnosis Causes Woman to Lose Leg below the Knee; Partner Leslie Kelmachter Obtains $13.2 Million Verdict for Malpractice

In July 1998, a 45-year-old wife and mother underwent vascular surgery and suffered complications of a deep vein thrombosis, yet the doctor failed to refer her to a hematologist for treatment. In December of 1999, experiencing sudden and excruciating pain, she was taken by ambulance to the local hospital where both the emergency room doctor and a neurologist misdiagnosed her condition as simple back pain.

During the next ten days, five doctors failed to recognize that she had blood clots in the arteries of her leg. The delay in surgery to remove the clots resulted in the loss of her left leg below the knee, the sad effect of a chain of incompetence.

Following a month-long trial, the jury awarded her $13.2 million for medical malpractice.

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