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Settlement for Doctors' Failure to Diagnose Spine Injury

Following years of litigation, and with an August 2005 trial looming, a final settlement was recently reached with the final defendant in the case, Dr. Kishor Pathak, a radiologist practicing in Mercer County. Dr. Pathak’s insurance company contributed $1,650,000.00 to the settlement in addition to $1,100,000.00 previously paid by other defendants to settle the claims against them. Our client had been injured in a motor vehicle crash. When he was taken to the hospital we alleged that Dr. Pathak misread films of our client’s cervical spine, failed to recognize evidence of a serious injury and improperly told the other physicians that there was no injury to his cervical spine. The other defendants, an emergency physician and a cardiologist were alleged to have failed to recognize signs of the injury and the impending paralysis. The negligence of Dr. Pathak and that of the other defendants left our client a C-6 incomplete quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. The settlement will provide our client with the financial resources to take care of his medical needs and even go off of the Medicaid program.

Awarded: $2,750,000