Dr. NELSON KRAUCAK, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. NELSON KRAUCAK, MD

1501 N US HIGHWAY 441 STE 1702

THE VILLAGES, FL

32159

Lake

Court Case # 2004 CA 002813

Indemnity Paid: $65,000.00

Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M200535323
Claim Number :	001
Date Submitted :	6/2/2005

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
Life Family Practice, P.A.				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
59-332208		1
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	David		C	Bibb
Street Address
108 East Central Boulevard
City				State	Zip
Orlando				FL	32802
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(407) 423 - 8571	137	(407) 423 - 8637	dbibb@mmdorl.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Nelson			Kraucak
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Self-Insurer		1501 N US HIGHWAY 441 STE 1702
City		State	Zip Code	County
THE VILLAGES		FL	32159	Lake
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
001		$9,999,999		$9,999,999
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Medical Doctor
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ME68753		Family Physicians or General Practitioners - No Surgery

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Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			M	Lake
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
4/7/2003		3/19/2004

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Patient had a vertebral stent and a history of a prior CVA.Patient allegedly had recurrent TIAs on aspirin therapy alone, after placement of stent.Patient was taking Aggrenox and Pravachol. Patient sought treatment from Dr. Kraucak as regular treating physician. Patient was given pharmaceutical grade supplements in addition to presription medications. Patient's Aggrenox was later discontinued by another treating phnysician. Patient had a recurrent CVA within 1 month of discontuance of Aggrenox.Patient alleged that Dr. Kraucak discontinued Aggrenox (which he did not), decreased his Pravachol,failed to obtain patient's prior records or speak to his former neurologist before discontinuing and decreasing the medications, replaced the prescription medications with natural non-prescription medications, which caused the development of a CVA.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Patient had a vertebral stent and a history of a prior CVA.Patient allegedly had recurrent TIAs on aspirin therapy alone, after placement of stent.Patient was taking Aggrenox and Pravachol. Patient sought treatment from Dr. Kraucak as regular treating physician. Patient was given pharmaceutical grade supplements in addition to presription medications. Patient's Aggrenox was later discontinued by another treating phnysician. Patient had a recurrent CVA within 1 month of discontuance of Aggrenox.Patient alleged that Dr. Kraucak discontinued Aggrenox (which he did not), decreased his Pravachol,failed to obtain patient's prior records or speak to his former neurologist before discontinuing and decreasing the medications, replaced the prescription medications with natural non-prescription medications, which caused the development of a CVA.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
None.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Patient had a second CVA or about April 7, 2003.Patient appears to have mostly recovered from the CVA. Due to timing problems associated with change in insurance, Dr. Kraucak was uninsured, and settled in order to avoid costly litigation.
Severity Of Injury
Temporary: Major - Burns, surgical material left, drug side effect, brain damage.Recovery delayed.

Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
8/20/2004			2004 CA 002813
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Lake			2/1/2005
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 not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
5/26/2005

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$65,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$7,139

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$0	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$65,000	$0

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

Although Dr. Kraucak believes that his was appropriate, Dr. Kraucak has determined that he will document in greater detail the content of his conversations with patients, his advice that they not stop taking their prescription medicine and is considering implementing a form which patients must sign which acknowledges that it is Dr. Kraucak's medical advice that they continue to take their presription medicines and that they use the supplements he has provided them to supplement, and not replace, their prescription medications.

Updates

Date of Change:

6/2/2005 2:02:03 PM

Reason for Change:

I incorrectly called this Doctor a specialist in internal medicine, because I did not see Family Practice on the list of MD specialties.I found it under General Practice and changed his listing to be more accurate.

Field Changed	Former Value	New Value
Specialty Code	Internal Medicine - No Surgery	Family Physicians or General Practitioners - No Surgery

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