Dr. MOHIUDDIN A SYED, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. MOHIUDDIN A SYED, MD

12073 SW 125th Street

Miami, FL

33186

Dade

Court Case # 10-2826-CA

Indemnity Paid: $490,000.00

Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M201365725
Claim Number :	0AA736496
Date Submitted :	1/14/2013

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
52-1568827
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Mike			Clark
Street Address
199 Scott Swamp Road
City				State	Zip
Farmington				CT	06032
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(860) 321 - 2544		(877) 256 - 5067	mclark@onebeaconpro.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	MOHIUDDIN		A	SYED
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		12073 SW 125th Street
City		State	Zip Code	County
Miami		FL	33186	Dade
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
MPP-232909		$1,000,000		$3,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
OS9369		Physicians or Surgeons

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Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			M	Liberty
City			State	Zip Code

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Hospital Inpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
N/A		000000
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Other		ER
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
10/7/2009		7/6/2010

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
THE PATIENT AT ISSUE IN THIS MATTER (AGE 37) INITIALLY PRESENTED TO ANOTHER EMERGENCY ROOM WITH SYMPTOMS INCLUDING VOMITING AND DIFFICULTY WALKING, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH GASTROENTERITIS, AND DISCHARGED HOME. LATER THAT MORNING, HE RETURNED TO THE SAME EMERGENCY ROOM WITH ONGOING NEUROLOGIC COMPLAINTS, AND WAS THEN ASSESSED TO HAVE HAD A CVA, AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOR FURTHER EVALUATION
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
AT BAY MEDICAL CENTER, HE WAS EVALUATED BY THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN WHO PERFORMED A LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND DIAGNOSED THE PATIENT WITH HAVING A NON-HEMORRHAGIC CVA AND POSSIBLE MENINGITIS. DR. SYED WAS NOTIFIED FOR ADMISSION ONLY SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS BEGAN, GAVE THE PATIENT AN ASSESSMENT THAT INCLUDED CVA, AND HE ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TIME WINDOW FOR TPA (CLOT BUSTING DRUG) ADMINISTRATION. HIS ORDERS INCLUDED NEURO CHECKS EVERY 2 HOURS, NPO AND SPEECH THERAPY FOR A SWALLOW EVALUATION, AN MRI OF THE BRAIN, AND A NEUROLOGY CONSULT IN THE AM. DR. SYED HAD NO FURTHER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PATIENT AFTER HIS EXAMINATION WAS COMPLETED AND ORDERS WERE WRITTEN ON OCTOBER 7, 2009. THERE WERE NO REPORTED CHANGES IN MR. VAUGHN'S NEUROLOGIC STATUS THAT WERE COMMUNICATED TO DR. SYED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF HIS SHIFT. MR. VAUGHN'S CONDITION DETERIORATED THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER ANOTHER PHYSICIAN HAD ASSUMED HIS CARE, AND HIS OUTCOME WAS THAT OF A CVA WITH WEAKNESS AND DIFFICULTY WITH SPEECH AND SWALLOWING.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
*NR
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
THE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS CASE ALLEGE THAT DR. SYED FAILED TO OBTAIN AN IMMEDIATE CONSULTATION WITH A NEUROLOGIST AND OR NEUROSURGEON ON THE EVENING OF 10 07 2009 AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS OF NON HEMORRHAGIC CVA WAS MADE. FAILING TO ORDER OR RECOMMEND THAT AN IMMEDIATE WORK UP BE PERFORMED ON THE EVENING OF 10 07 2009 TO PROMPTLY DIAGNOSE THE IMPENDING THROMBOTIC STROKE TO AVOID OR LESSEN THE SEVERITY OF THE COMPLICATIONS ULTIMATELY SUFFERED BY THE PLAINTIFF. FAILING TO ORDER OR RECOMMEND A STAT MRI OR MRA OF THE BRAIN ON 10 07 2009 AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS OF NON HEMORRHAGIC CVA WAS MADE. FAILING TO GIVE ORDER OR CAUSE TO BE ADMINISTERED T PA TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR OR SOME CLOT BUSTING DRUG ON THE EVENING OF 10 07 2009 AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS OF NON HEMORRHAGIC CVA WAS MADE BY DR TULLY. FAILING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PATIENT BY AT LEAST COMMUNICATING WITH THE NURSING PERSONAL DURING THE NIGHT HOURS OF 10 07 2009 AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 10 08 2009 WHICH WOULD HAVE LED TO AN EARLIER DIAGNOSIS OF THE SEVERE COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM THE INITIAL THROMBOTIC STROKE.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Major - Paraplegia, blindness, loss of two limbs, brain damage.

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Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
7/11/2011			10-2826-CA
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Bay			1/3/2013
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim

Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made
More than 90 days, after suit filed and prior to or during the course of mandatory settlement conference.
Final Method of Claim Disposition
Settled by parties
Court Decision			Other
No Court Proceedings.
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
1/4/2013

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$490,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$174,361

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

$25,000

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$0	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$0	$0

Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely

Not known at this time

Updates

No updates found.

*NR:Prior to 04/28/1999 this field was not required in submitted claims.

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