Dr. SETH RATNER, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. SETH RATNER, MD

34921 U.S. 19 N #400

Indemnity Paid: $50,000.00

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
PODIATRY INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
58-1403235
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Karen			Kessler
Street Address
110 Westwood Place
City				State	Zip
Brentwood				TN	37027
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(615) 371 - 8776	2249		kkessler@picagroup.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Seth			Ratner
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Licensed		34921 U.S. 19 N #400
City		State	Zip Code	County
Palm Harbor		FL	34684	Pinellas
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
1PD0009442		$1,000,000		$1,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Podiatric Physician
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
PO1891

Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			M	Pinellas
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
8/23/2004		7/26/2006

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Diabetic foot ulcer, left
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Diabetic wound care
Diagnostic Code :		707.15
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
*NR
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
Patient developed an infection and went on to have a BKA.Patient alleges improper treatment by insured.It should be noted that this patient was extremely non-compliant with insured as well as subsequent treating doctors.Insured advised patient to be non-weight bearing and not to work; however, patient related that he had just started a new job and could not be off work.Home health nursing care was also recommended, but the patient refused this option more than once. When insured last saw this patient, there was no evidence of infection, and our expert opines that prophylactic antibiotics should be deferred unless one sees signs of an infection.As far as a culture, without pus or any obvious sign of infection, there really would be nothing to culture.To get an appropriate culture, one would have to invade the wound to do a deep culture and, without evidence of infection, this simply would not be the standard of care.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Significant - Deafness, loss of limb, loss of eye, loss of one kidney or lung.

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
12/21/2006			06-9379CI/13
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
Pinellas			5/5/2008
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
5/8/2008

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$50,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$33,349

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

$16,528

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

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

None - specialty code #80993

*NR:Prior to 04/28/1999 this field was not required in submitted claims.

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