2024
Verdict or Settlement Highest Reported LaSalle County
AWARDS
Kidney Stone Removal Led to Cardiac Arrest Confinement to Wheelchair $23,737,234
PLAINTIFF ASKED $15M - $20M
DEFENSE OFFER $600K - $1M high/low VERDICT $23,737,234
P laintiff was hospitalized for a kidney stone. In preparation for a cystoscopy, the anesthe- siologist began inducing anesthesia. Plain- tiff suddenly exhibited cardiac arrhythmias and the procedure was cancelled. A cardiologist reviewed the telemetry strips, interpreted the arrhythmias as “benign,” and plaintiff was returned to surgery. The anesthesiologist was no longer available and so a
nurse anesthetist administered anesthesia. Arrhyth- mias recurred but the procedure continued. Plaintiff went into cardiac arrest, and he is now confined to a wheelchair and suffers double vision and speech dis- orders. The defense contended the cause of the an- oxia was respiratory arrest, cardiac arrhythmia was not indicated, and that the nurse anesthetist was the sole proximate cause of the event.
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