Dr. FELIX M RAMIREZ, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. FELIX M RAMIREZ, MD

1613 N. Harrison Pkwy

Sunrise, FL

33323

Broward

Court Case # 02-14109 CA 15

Indemnity Paid: $7,000.00

Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M200536476
Claim Number :	52518
Date Submitted :	9/1/2005

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
AMERICAN EQUITY INSURANCE COMPANY				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
86-0703220
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Patricia		W	Thomas
Street Address
3097 Satellite Blvd., Bldg. 700
City				State	Zip
Duluth				GA	3096
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(770) 497 - 5365		772634675	pthomas@stpaultravelers.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Felix		M	Ramirez
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		1613 N. Harrison Pkwy
City		State	Zip Code	County
Sunrise		FL	33323	Broward
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
MWP0000008		$1,000,000		$3,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Osteopathic Physician
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
OS6276		Anesthesiology

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Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			F	Dade
City			State	Zip Code

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Hospital Outpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
PARKWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER		100114
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Special Procedure Room
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
4/18/2000		12/17/2001

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Chronic back pain
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Injection of local anesthetic and steroid into lumbar epidural space via lumbar epidural catheter and fluorospoic of caudal epidural space.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
None - patient had chronic back pain.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Alleged staph infection from epidural injection resulting in infections, lesions in L4-L5 region, resulting in prolonged hospitalization.Alleged inadequate sterile precautions and techniques, failure to warn of increased risk of inection with diabetes.
Severity Of Injury
Temporary: Major - Burns, surgical material left, drug side effect, brain damage.Recovery delayed.

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Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
6/28/2002			02-14109 CA 15
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Dade			12/23/2002
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
North Miami Medical Center Parkway Regional Medical Center Lehman MD, Lance
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
12/23/2002

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$7,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$14,114

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

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 applicable

Updates

Date of Change:

9/1/2005 2:33:34 PM

Reason for Change:

I realized that this physician is an Osteopathic physician and I selected Medical Doctor for the Profession or Business.I needed to make correction to change to Osteopathic Physician.This PLCR report needs to be changed.This is not a duplicate report.

Field Changed	Former Value	New Value
Profession or Business	Medical Doctor	Osteopathic Physician
Injured Person First Name	Rosia	Rosia

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