| Department File Number : | M201576125 |
| Claim Number : | 59169801 |
| Date Submitted : | 10/20/2015 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| PHYSICIANS INSURANCE COMPANY | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 13-4235490 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Antrine | Long | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 361 Hillsboro Blvd. | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Deerfield Beach | FL | 33441 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (954) 788 - 5184 | (954) 944 - 1382 | along@picinsurance.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Marcy | Howard | |||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Licensed | 700 S.E. 5th Terrace | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| Crystal River | FL | 34429 | Citrus | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| 134066 | $250,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME68113 | Pediatrics - No Surgery | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| M | Citrus | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Physician's Office | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 11/7/2010 | 11/17/2010 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| PATIENT WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 2010. DR. HOWARD SAW THE PATIENT BEFORE DISCHARGE ON 11/4/10 AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE APPRECIATED. DR. HOWARD SAW THE PATIENT AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 8 AT HER OFFICE. THE CHILD WAS MILD JAUNDICED, BUT HAD NO RISK FACTORS OF FOR HIGH BILIRUBIN. PATIENT RETURNED THE NEXT DAY TO DR. HOWARD'S OFFICE, THE CHILD APPEARED CLINICALLY MORE JAUNDICED AND SENT THE PATIENT TO SEVEN RIVERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR STAT BILIRUBIN. THE LEVEL WAS 36.8 | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| PATIENT WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 2010. DR. HOWARD SAW THE PATIENT BEFORE DISCHARGE ON 11/4/10 AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE APPRECIATED. DR. HOWARD SAW THE PATIENT AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 8 AT HER OFFICE. THE CHILD WAS MILD JAUNDICED, BUT HAD NO RISK FACTORS OF FOR HIGH BILIRUBIN. PATIENT RETURNED THE NEXT DAY TO DR. HOWARD'S OFFICE, THE CHILD APPEARED CLINICALLY MORE JAUNDICED AND SENT THE PATIENT TO SEVEN RIVERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR STAT BILIRUBIN. THE LEVEL WAS 36.8 | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| *NR | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| Dr. Howard sent the patient to medical center for STAT bilirubin after noticing the baby was more clinically jaundiced than the day before. The baby was intubated and later diagnosed with Kernicterus. The baby also had neurologic sequelae, urosepsis and possible G6PD which could account for the patient's condition. There was no way Dr.Howard to have reasonably known about either condition. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Major - Paraplegia, blindness, loss of two limbs, brain damage. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| 11/16/2011 | 2011CA4162 | ||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| Citrus | 9/21/2015 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center Citrus COunty Pediatrics Citrus HMA | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 10/1/2015 | |||||
| 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 | $71,165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $29,861 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| nonapplicable | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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