| Department File Number : | M201989990 |
| Claim Number : | 26018-01 |
| Date Submitted : | 9/17/2019 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| PROASSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 58-1403235 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Angeline | Schave | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 3000 Meridian Blvd. Ste. 400 | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Franklin | TN | 37067 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (615) 371 - 8776 | 2998 | (615) 986 - 1945 | aschave@picagroup.com | ||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Robert | Salvatori | |||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Licensed | 130 N. 9th St. #100 | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| Naples | FL | 34102 | Collier | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| 1PD0013502 | $250,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Podiatric Physician | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| PO2276 | |||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| F | Collier | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Hospital Outpatient Facility | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| TOTAL SURGERY CENTER | 242 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Operating Suite | |||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 12/2/2015 | 12/15/2017 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| Fractured right fibula | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| Open reduction internal fixation right fibula | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| *NR | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| Patient presented to the insured on 11/30/2015 with an injury to her right foot. Insured identified a fibula fracture with significant displacement and surgery was performed on 12/2/2015. Patient did well post op and sutures were removed on 12/18/15 with no signs of infection. Patient continued to show improvement and became full weight bearing on 2/17/16. Four months post op, patient was seen for an ingrown toenail on her left foot, as well as an ulceration of her right lateral ankle at the incision site that was slowly healing and scheduled the patient for a follow up but the patient did not return. Patient claims she developed an untreated infection that resulted in additional surgery to remove the hardware. However, the subsequent treating podiatric surgeon who removed the "infected" hardware admitted in deposition that there was no evidence of infection and all operative lab cultures of tissues and the hardware came back negative. Experts also opined that there was never an infection, and the hardware was not infected. Patient allegations included failure to properly care/treat; Inadequately investigated the non-healing nature of her wound at the surgical site; Failed to timely remove the hardware; Failed to test for infection and improperly kept patient's foot immobilized for a prolonged period of time. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Temporary: Major - Burns, surgical material left, drug side effect, brain damage. Recovery delayed. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 8/26/2019 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 8/27/2019 | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $35,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $138,835 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $1,084 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialty Code 80993 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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