| Department File Number : | M201677528 |
| Claim Number : | 0AB124562 |
| Date Submitted : | 3/10/2016 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 52-1568827 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Mike | Clark | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 199 Scott Swamp Road | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Farmington | CT | 06032 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (860) 321 - 2544 | (877) 256 - 5067 | mclark@onebeaconpro.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | ROGER | S | GORMAN | ||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Licensed | 19202 Black Mangrove Court | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| Boca Raton | FL | 33498 | Palm Beach | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| PHY064914 | $1,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME50540 | Anesthesiology | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| F | Palm Beach | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Hospital Inpatient Facility | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER | 110008 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Labor and Delivery Room | |||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 8/9/2013 | 4/1/2015 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| On August 9, 2013, the patient (39) was admitted to the West Boca Medical Center for the pre-term delivery of a 37-week high-riskpregnancy. The patient's pregnancy had been complicated by multiple risk factors including advanced maternal age, gestational diabetes,obesity, polyhydramnios and (past pregnancy) intrauterine fetal demise. Dr. Gorman was the on-call service anesthesiologist and had no priorphysician relationship with this patient. | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| The patient requested an initial epidural for pain management. Dr. Gorman provided a single isolated dose which was tolerated well with no complications. Approximately 2.5 hours later the patient requested a second dose which again was administered by Dr. Gorman which the patient tolerated well. The patient was monitored for the required 5 minutes and no adverse effects were manifested. However, approximately 15 minutes following the second epidural the patient developed fetal heart rate decelerations which were successfully resolved by re-positioning the patient. Approximately 5 minutes later the patient was found "unresponsive". The patient was successfully stabilized and then transferred to the operating room for emergent C-Section. Following a successful delivery of her child, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit, and over the next several days, she remained on ventilator support. She was stabilized and her condition improved over the ensuing weeks. She was discharged and transferred to a long-term rehabilitation facility. She was documented to be functionally improving, including independent eating and ambulating with assistance. However, several weeks later the patient suddenly decompensated and she was found unresponsive. Efforts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| There was no misdiagnosis made | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| It was claimed that the patient's epidural medications "migrated" to her spinal fluid and ultimately disrupted vital nerve function. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Death. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 2/26/2016 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made | |||||
| Within the pre-suit period as set forth in 766.106 (more than 90 days before suit is filed). | |||||
| Final Method of Claim Disposition | |||||
| Settled by parties | |||||
| Court Decision | Other | ||||
| No Court Proceedings. | |||||
| Arbitration | |||||
| Claim not subject to Arbitration. | |||||
| Date of Payment | |||||
| 2/26/2016 | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $700,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $49,856 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 at this time | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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