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: Neurological Disorders
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Young Woman Suffers Locked In Syndrome After Being Repeatedly Ignored By Hospital Staff
By mstratton | posted on October 6th, 2013
Bedell v. Waterbury Hospital, et al (Filed October 3, 2013)(Waterbury Superior Court): A young woman reported to the defendant hospital on three different occasions over a 2 day period. Each time she complained of severe headache pain and stroke like symptoms. Despite having a family history of pulmonary embolisms and on birth control pills, the hospital reassured her and her family that she was fine. She ultimately suffered an embolic stroke and is unable to move any part of her body. She now lives in a nursing home and is cared for by her family. She can move only her eyes MORE
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Hospital Fails to Treat Stroke Patient With TPA
By mstratton | posted on May 22nd, 2013
Timm v Associated Neurologists (Filed in Danbury, SF assumed case in May 2013) The plaintiff was suffering a stroke. For reasons unclear to anyone involved in his treatment, the emergency room physician advised the neurologist that he was suffering a seizure. There was no evidence of a seizure anywhere in the record. As a result, a readily available treatment that would have reversed the stroke damage was not used and the plaintiff suffered severe neurological and cognitive damage. Related articles Earlier Treatment with Clot-Busters Boosts Survival in Stroke Monmouth Stroke Service Success Story: Great outcome after emergent carotid endartercomy Stroke Treatment – MORE