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
tag: Colonoscopy
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Doctor Performs Unnecessary Radical Surgery Before Obtaining Negative Biopsy
By mstratton | posted on May 22nd, 2013
Wendell Gonzalez v.Zarif (Filed in Waterbury, SF assumed in 2013) During a colonoscopy, a mass was found and surgery was immediately recommended. The doctor told the patient that it was cancer and without getting the biopsy results performed surgery. A later biopsy on a tissue sample from the mass showed that it was not cancerous and that, in fact, it was colitis which did not warrant surgery. The surgery caused major intestinal damage. He suffered leakage of his intestinal contents into his pelvic cavity which led to intra-abdominal abscesses, Sepsis, Ileostomy, Colon resection, Wound infection and tissue necrosis, Renal failure, Dehydration, MORE