Plaintiff Jamie White was walking to work in December 2020 when she slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk, injuring her elbow and dislocating her knee, resulting in all of the ligaments in her knee being torn…medicalmalpracticelawyers, $18.65M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Leg Due To Delayed Diagnosis And Treatment
Once she arrived by ambulance at the hospital, the surgery on her knee did not occur until eight hours after she suffered the injury. The surgery successfully restored blood flow to her lower leg but the circulation stopped after a couple of hours. A second surgery was performed seven hours later. Because of the two prolonged episodes of inadequate blood supply to her leg, she suffered permanent damage to muscles and nerves.
More than 24 surgeries were performed over the following eight months in an effort to save her leg, but her leg ultimately required amputation, which was done in August 2021. For the first two years after the amputation, she used a wheelchair. When she received a prosthetic leg, she was unable to find a comfortable one despite hundreds of fittings.