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Wrongful Death of 7 Year Old from Misdiagnosis – $500,000 Settlement
Our clients were the parents of a 7-year-old girl who died at a local emergency room due to misdiagnosis of epiglotitis.
Epiglottitis is an inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that sits at the base of the tongue), which keeps food from going into the windpipe. Inflamation of the epiglottis can cause swelling which can either obstruct or completely close off the windpipe and prevent breathing.
Epiglottitis constitutes a medical emergency.
What Happened
Our clients were the parents of a 7-year-old girl who was brought to a local emergency room with a high fever and difficulty breathing.
The emergency room physician and pediatrician dismissed the diagnosis of epiglottitis based on the child’s age. The child was in the emergency room for over four hours suffered increasing difficulty in breathing until she went into repertory distress and died.
If the appropriate diagnosis had been made, the doctor’s could have secured her airway and she would have returned home a healthy child.
How a Boston Wrongful Death Attorney Can Help
If your child has died due to a failed diagnosis of the medical staff, you can bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the negligent parties. Under the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Statute, the negligent party may be held responsible for punitive damages if the member of the medical staff was willful and wanton or constitutes gross negligence.
Contact an experienced Boston wrongful death lawyer to determine the strength of your claim and identify the liable parties.
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