| Department File Number : | M201575617 |
| Claim Number : | TH-11-LLA-113876 |
| Date Submitted : | 8/24/2015 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| TEAM HEALTH, INC. | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 62-1562558 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Kathy | A | Stockton | ||
| Street Address | |||||
| 9821 Katy Freeway | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Houston | TX | 77024 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (713) 935 - 2404 | (713) 461 - 8130 | kathy_stockton@westernlitigation.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | NAMITA | KEDIA | |||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Self-Insurer | 2 COLUMBIA DRIVE | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| TAMPA | FL | 33606 | Hillsborough | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| 6796968 | $250,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME95688 | Emergency Medicine - No Major Surgery | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| M | Hillsborough | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Emergency Room | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL | 100128 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Other | ER | ||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 4/17/2010 | 6/16/2011 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| ON APRIL 17, 2010, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH SYMPTOMS OF SYNCOPE APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS AFTER HAVING BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE SAME INSTITUTION FOLLOWING SURGERY. | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| THE INSURED WAS THE ASSIGNED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN IN THIS TEACHING FACILITY, WHO INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE PATIENT, BUT WHO ALSO OVERSAW AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENT IN THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE SERVICES. WHILE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, THE PATIENT WAS EXAMINED BOTH BY THE RESIDENT EM PHYSICIAN AS WELL AS THE INSURED. A NUMBER OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED, INCLUDING A FAST, CBC AND FECAL OCCULT STUDY, WHICH LED THE EM PHYSICIANS TO COME TO A WORKING DIAGNOSIS INCLUDING A CARDIAC, VASOVAGAL, DEHYDRATION OR ANEMIC CAUSE OF THE SYNCOPE AND ADMISSION WAS RECOMMENDED. THE ER TESTING WAS NOT SUGGESTIVE OF AN ACUTE BLEED. A SURGICAL CONSULT WAS CALLED BY THE ER PHYSICIANS AND CAME TO THE ED TO EVALUATE THE PATIENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE ED PHYSICIANS CONSULTED WITH CARDIOLOGY AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM A HOSPITALIST TO ACCEPT THE PATIENT FOR ADMISSION. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| NO MISDIAGNOSIS | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS AFTER ADMISSION, THE PATIENT HAD AN EPISODE OF ACUTE DECOMPENSATION FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF HEPARIN(RELATED TO A HISTORIC HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT) INCLUDING DECREASING H&H LEVELS AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SURGICAL SERVICE FOR PRIMARY MANAGEMENT. THE PATIENT DIED APPROXIMATELY 28 HOURS AFTER ADMISSION. THE DEATH CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY THE ATTENDING SURGEON, WHO NEVER SAW THE PATIENT DURING THE ADMISSION, BUT WAS THE SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LISTED THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO AORTIC VALVE DISEASE DUE TO GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING FOR ONE DAY DUE TO POST-OPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Death. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| 10/28/2011 | 11-13789 | ||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| Hillsborough | 7/23/2015 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| 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 subject to arbitration, but settlement reached in lieu of award. | |||||
| Date of Payment | |||||
| 3/24/2015 | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $75,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $143,026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $66,257 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UNKNOWN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
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