Doctor Pays $285,000.00 After Failing To Diagnosis Diabetes
Case Summary:
Amount: $285,000Court: Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas
Date: March 2005
Plaintiff's Counsel: Ellen M. McCarthy, Andrew R. Young
Description: Wrongful Death
Plaintiffs decedent, a 14 year old, died of diabetic shock after her family doctor failed to diagnosis her with diabetes and negligently diagnosed her with a urinary tract infection instead. Defendant argued that plaintiff did not present with symptoms indicative of diabetes.
