Valentino vs. Thomas Jung, M.D., et.al. (New Haven Superior Court – filed October 30, 2015) For approximately three years, the plaintiff consulted with Dr. Jung at Midstate Gastroenterology Specialists, P.C. for ulcerative colitis. The defendant chose to treat the condition with a class of drugs — called 5-ASA — and known to cause allergic renal interstitial nephritis in the kidneys, potentially causing serious and permanent damage. The standard of care, along with the manufacturers of this type of drug require simple blood testing for assessing kidney function both before and during therapy while on these drugs. However, the defendant physician in this case NEVER ordered one blood test for the plaintiff until almost three years after starting them. Furthermore, even after two consecutive tests indicated his patient’s kidney function was in fact being compromised by the drug, Jung continued to prescribe it for several more weeks. Finally, a referral from the plaintiff’s primary care physician to a nephrologist resulted in a Stage III Chronic Kidney disease diagnosis. Due to his gastroenterologist’s total negligence and lack of regard for simple standard of care practices, our plaintiff will likely end up on dialysis by his early 40’s.
Case Stats
- This gives referring lawyers and the outside world the exact same information we use in-house for quality control. Intakes need to be accepted / declined and cases need to be resolved! Justice delayed is justice denied.
- Intakes Under Review 45
- Referred Cases from other lawyers state and nationwide 94%
- Median Time First Contact to Decline 14 days (most cases are reviewed w/ an indication of merit within 72 hours)
- Median Time First Contact to Accepted/Filed Cases 9 weeks
- Median Time Case Filing to Resolution 1.8 years
By Michael Giordano | posted on November 3rd, 2015