Need a lawyer for a medical malpractice, serious injury or death case? One of the important factors you're considering is experience. Here are some case results for D.C., Maryland and Virginia injury and death cases we handle.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

Death of a young woman from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism.

In this D.C. medical malpractice case, a local hospital and HMO failed to diagnose a pulmonary embolism, or blood clot, despite repeated signs and symptoms. The HMO doctors didn't formulate an appropriate differential diagnosis - something physicians are taught in medical school - because they didn't put the "worst" first. In a differential diagnosis, the doctor is supposed to put the most dangerous condition at the top (in this case pulmonary embolism) and rule it out before going to the next possible diagnosis on the the list.

Because they did not follow this rule, despite the signs and symptoms pointing to pulmonary embolism (sometimes called PE) the HMO doctors did not order blood thinners that would have prevented the pulmonary embolism.

The patient, who was only 36 years old, left a husband and two children.

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In D.C., Maryland and Virginia, we represent people and families - patients injured because of preventable medical mistakes, children with cerebral palsy, workers with on the job injuries and people injured in serious car accidents, and families who have lost a loved one due to medical malpractice, work and car accidents.