| Department File Number : | M201885103 |
| Claim Number : | WC/108888-17 |
| Date Submitted : | 4/18/2018 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| Watson Clinic LLP | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 59-070493 | |||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | Diane | Szymanski | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| Lakeland | FL | 33805 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (863) 680 - 7620 | (863) 616 - 2430 | aszymanski@watsonclinic.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | SUE | J | JONES | ||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Self-Insurer | 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| Lakeland | FL | 33805 | Polk | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| PH1605501-PL | $2,000,000 | $18,000,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Other | Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner | ||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ARNP1271672 | |||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| F | Polk | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Other Location | Watson Clinic LLP; Women's Center | ||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| N/A | 000000 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Other | Diagnostic Exam Room | ||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 6/22/2016 | 8/29/2017 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| Patient presented to her Obstetrician's ARNP with a lump she discovered in her right breast. This prompted the ARNP to order some diagnostic testing, which included a diagnostic mammogram and breast ultrasound. The overall assessment of these images was a Bi-Rad Category 5. As a result, the patient was referred to the Breast Surgery/Oncology practice at Watson Clinic for an evaluation and was scheduled to be seen by Ms. Sue Jean Jones, ARNP | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| On 6/17/2016 the patient was evaluated in the office by Ms. Sue Jean Jones, ARNP. Ms. Jones took a history and noted the patient's family cancer history. She also palpated the breast and felt the mass at the 10:00 position, 3 cm from the nipple which correlated with the imaging report she received from the outside provider. This resulted in Ms. Jones referring the patient to the Watson Clinic Women's Imaging for an ultrasound-guided core biopsy to assess the nature of the mass.Ms. Jones later received the results from the referral to Women's Imaging indicating that additional images had been performed, including a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound and that there was no mass available to biopsy and that review of the images did not demonstrate a clearly defined entity. She also noted that there was a request to do a short term interval follow-up appointment of six months. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| This case involved a delayed diagnosis of an invasive ductal carcinoma. | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| Unfortunately, when the patient returned six months later, she was diagnosed with an invasive ductal carcinoma. Following an ultrasound-guided aspiration and core biopsy of a mass in her right breast, the patient was diagnosed on 1/6/2017 with lymph node positive triple negative cancer. The patient underwent aggressive treatment, but unfortunately, died on 1/5/2018. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Death. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 3/23/2018 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 3/23/2018 | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $600,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $19,093 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $4,782 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Circumstances of event reviewed with individual parties involved. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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