| Department File Number : | M201781129 |
| Claim Number : | 7030090577 |
| Date Submitted : | 2/7/2017 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| LANDMARK AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 73-0994137 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Jim | Dapolite | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 945 East Paces Ferry Rd, Suite 1800 | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Atlanta | GA | 30326 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (404) 682 - 7683 | (404) 262 - 4437 | jdapolite@rsui.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Chris | M | Vicente | ||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Licensed | 1350 Hickory St. | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| Melbourne | FL | 32901 | Brevard | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| LHM825806 | $1,000,000 | $10,000,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME82475 | Neurology - Including Child - Minor Surgery | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| M | Brevard | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Hospital Inpatient Facility | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 100019 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Patients' Room | |||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 3/4/2014 | 7/27/2015 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| Patient presented to the hospital with speech difficulty. He also reportedly went to drink water in the middle of the night and the water came out of the left side of his mouth. | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| Dr. Vicente evaluated the patient following a neurology consultation request. Dr. V documented the patient's history of hypertension and hyperthyroidism. Dr. V reviewed the patient's symptoms in the ED, particularly, the speech difficulty, which improved within a few hours. Patient denied chest pain, shortness of breath, coughing and abdominal pain. Neurologically, the patient had aphasia, although no other noteworthy symptoms. Dr. V. concluded patient experienced an acute cerebrovascular accident. Dr. V recommended admitting patient for monitoring. He ordered a consult with a vascular surgeon. Dr. V also ordered a cardiology consultation. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
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| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| Patient returned to the hospital 3/14/14 to 3/15/14. He was admitted to Shands Hospital to treat his endocarditis on 3/18. During his admission here, his cardiac condition continued to deteriorate. Patient failed to recover from several complex surgical procedures and expired on 4/2/14. Plaintiff's allegations against Dr. Vicente include failure to timely and properly diagnose patient's condition; failure to timely obtain and appreciate patient's medical history; failure to recognize the patient's stroke symptoms as major complication of endocarditis; failure to order infectious disease and cardiothoracic consultations during patient's hospitalizations; failure to order diagnostic blood cultures; failure to review results of patient's transeophageal echocardiogram; and failure to initiate antibiotic treatment or otherwise treat the patient's endocarditis. Plaintiff also alleged Dr. V negligently ordered the precipitous discharge of the patient from the hospital before confirming results of his diagnostic testing. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Death. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 1/27/2017 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made | |||||
| Settlement Reached Prior to Pre-Suit Period | |||||
| Final Method of Claim Disposition | |||||
| Settled by parties | |||||
| Court Decision | Other | ||||
| No Court Proceedings. | |||||
| Arbitration | |||||
| Claim not subject to Arbitration. | |||||
| Date of Payment | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $195,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deductible | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Economic Loss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Not known. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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