Failure to diagnose spinal cord injury

Failure to diagnose spinal cord injury leading to paralysis. Our client’s aunt was an elderly but active woman who was in a minor car accident. When she presented to a hospital emergency department with symptoms including weakness and diminished sensation on one side, the physician who saw her concluded she had suffered a stroke, and referred her to another institution for physical therapy. She eventually became a paraplegic and had to be admitted to a nursing home, where she quickly deteriorated and eventually died.