Dr. JOSE R MARTINEZ-ALBA, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. JOSE R MARTINEZ-ALBA, MD

7100 West 20 Ave, Palmetto Medical Plaza Suite #51

Hialeah, FL

33016

Dade

Court Case # 07-09865CA31

Indemnity Paid: $250,000.00

Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M201264911
Claim Number :	07-09865CA31
Date Submitted :	9/27/2012

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
Martinez-Alba, Jr., Jose R				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
65-0144488		ME55751
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Jose		R	Martinez-Alba, Jr.
Street Address
7100 W 20th ave, Palmetto Medical Plaza, Suite #514
City				State	Zip
Hialeah				FL	33016
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(305) 556 - 2255		(305) 821 - 7958	martinezalbajose@bellsouth.net

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	JOSE		R	MARTINEZ-ALBA
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Self-Insurer		7100 West 20 Ave, Palmetto Medical Plaza Suite #514
City		State	Zip Code	County
Hialeah		FL	33016	Dade
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
1		$250,000		*NR
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME55751		Surgery - General		0

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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 Inpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL		100187
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Patients' Room
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
5/8/2005		5/8/2005

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Anoxic encephalopathy.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass surgery done by another physician at another institution, Holy Cross Hospital that caused an internal hernia with bowel ischemia, cardiopulmonary arrest and anoxic encephalopathy.
Diagnostic Code :		348.1
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
The patient had no obstruction, and ischemia of the bowel caused deterioration that was not notified to the surgeon who had been consulted on a routine basis for evaluation.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Anoxic encephalopathy post cardiopulmonary arrest, prior to surgery for resolving her ischemia, reducing the internal hernia and untwisting the mesentery that allowed the bowel to improve, but the patient never recovered and died months later in a vegetative state.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Death.

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Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
4/5/2007			07-09865CA31
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Dade			12/3/2009
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Llanes, Jesus M Mitjans, Aurelio Vanderhayden, Anita R Otero, Wilson N HOSPITAL, PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL Sterling emergency room group Poplaw, Barry
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			Amicably settled
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
12/3/2009

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$250,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$43,509

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

$5,000

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

$250,000

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$3,100,000	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$0	$0

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

I now call the patient directly if routine consult is called to me, not relying on the nurses assessment.I have stopped accepting any consults of barriatric surgery patients, and I have never done barriatric surgery in practice.The hospital now has intensivists in house who can better assess and call appropriate consults and call the appropriate physicians already on the case.

Updates

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