DEFENSE VERDICT – PARALYSIS FROM SPINAL COLUMN INFECTION/ENT PHYSICIAN

Our client, an ENT doctor, performed a delicate surgery on the plaintiff, removing a tumor from his pharynx (voice-box), but preserving the patient’s voice. Post-operatively, however, the plaintiff developed a bad infection from an IV that spread to his spinal cord and paralyzed him.

The plaintiff sued the doctor who treated his infection, who settled. Our client, the ENT doctor, refused to settle.

Eric Barton and Jeff Kuntz tried the case to a Jackson County jury, which found in favor of our client and awarded a defense verdict.

With one of the leading professional liability practices in the Midwest, Wagstaff & Cartmell uses our experience on both sides of the docket, for plaintiffs and defendants, to best represent our clients and provide aggressive litigation when necessary.