Dr. JAMES B MAMMEL, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. JAMES B MAMMEL, MD

1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd.

Indemnity Paid: $1,000,000.00

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
94-1517098
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Kathleen		L	Mentel
Street Address
125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 700
City				State	Zip
Chicago				IL	60606
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(312) 267 - 6045		(312) 596 - 0230	lori_mentel@tigspecialty.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	James		B	Mammel
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd.
City		State	Zip Code	County
Lakeland		FL	33805	Polk
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
38853618		$1,000,000		$6,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME56295		Surgery - Obstetrics - Gynecology		AM3131531

Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

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

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Hospital Outpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
Lakeland Regional Medical Center		100157
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Other		Labor & Delivery Department - outpatient
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
10/29/1999		10/30/2001

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Ptnt seen @ 28 weeks gestation after falling a week earlier. She complained of vaginal pain, discharge & lack of fetal movement. She was treated for yeast infection. Later that evening, she presented to L&D w/compaints of disccomfort. RN examined her and placed her on fetal monitor, which showed good fetal heart rate activity and no obvious contractions. After being called by RN w/ assessment, physician reviewed monitor from call room. Since this was consistent with earlier visit, MD discharged ptnt to home. In early hours of next morning, ptnt discovered a double footling breech presentation and premature child was delivered at home by EMS. Infant suffered hypoxia resulting in cerebral palsy.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Alleged failure to conduct an adequate assessment of patient's pregnancy.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
*NR
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Infant suffered hypoxia resulting in cerebral palsy.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Grave - Quadraplegia, severe brain damage, lifelong care or fatal prognosis.

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
6/5/2002			53-2002CA-1248
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Polk			8/16/2004
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Lakeland Reg'l Med.Ctr. Watson Clinic
Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made
During trial, but before court verdict.
Final Method of Claim Disposition
Settled by parties
Court Decision			Other
Other			Case dismissed pursuant to settlement agreement.
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
1/20/2005

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$1,000,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$104,247

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

$33,048,834

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

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

Physician reviewed strips and treated patient based on reasonable data known at that time.

Updates

Date of Change:

2/4/2005 10:23:40 AM

Reason for Change:

Policy limits were entered incorrectly on the original submission. Correct policy limits ($1mil/$6mil) are noted on this submission.

Field Changed	Former Value	New Value
Per Claim Policy Limits	100000000	1000000

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

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