Article posted on:08/03/2009

As was reported recently in the New York times, a paralyzed father of three recently was awarded 19.2 million dollars in a negligence suit against Montefiore Medical Center in New York for its doctors' failure to timely treat a spinal abscess that led to permanent paralysis. Wilfredo Figueroa, 58, presented to the Montefiore Medical Center on September 22, 2004 with a chief complaint of severe back pain. Despite this complaint, plaintiff alleged that health care providers failed to order and take a diagnostic MRI or CT scan until nearly 2 weeks after his admission, and well after irreversible damage had already been done. As a result of this negligence, plaintiff alleged that Mr. Figueroa suffered paralysis from the chest down.

The lawyers at STSW routinely handle similar matters in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas involving missed diagnoses of infection / spinal infections / abscesses and other ailments resulting in paralysis. If you or a loved one believe that a doctor's failure to timely diagnose an infection has caused paralysis, injury or death, call the lawyers at STSW for a free consultation at 410-385-2225.