Dr. JOHN GERALD CANTO, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. JOHN GERALD CANTO, MD

1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd

Indemnity Paid: $50,000.00

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
Watson Clinic LLP				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
59-070493
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Diane			Szymanski
Street Address
1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd
City				State	Zip
Lakeland				FL	33809
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(863) 680 - 7620		(863) 616 - 2430	aszymanski@watsonclinic.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	JOHN GERALD			CANTO
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Self-Insurer		1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd
City		State	Zip Code	County
Lakeland		FL	33805	Polk
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
PH1404269-PL		$2,000,000		$18,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME89400		Cardiovascular Disease - Minor Surgery

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 Inpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
Lakeland Regional Medical Center		100157
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Patients' Room
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
12/8/2012		12/15/2014

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Pericardial Effusion
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Not applicable, the Patient's condition was not caused by an operation, diagnostic treatment or procedure.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
No misdiagnosis was made in this case. Aortic dissection was not recognized during CT interpretation.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
51 year old presented to ER with complaints of chest pains. Attending ER physician diagnosed condition as pericardial effusion and transferred care to on-call hospitalist. Approx. 21 hours after presenting to hospital patient unexpectedly expired. Cause of death - massive hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade from an aortic dissection
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Death.

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
4/24/2015			2015CA-001483
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Polk			10/28/2016
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Lakeland Regional Medical Center EMCare Holdings Radiology & Imagining Specialist of Lakeland Pyles RN, Angelia P Roddenberry RN, Sandra Rodgers MD, Christopher Javed MD, Khurram
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
10/28/2016

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$50,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$47,074

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

$9,357

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

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

Circumstances of event reviewed with individual parties involved.

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