Victories In Complex Kidney Disease Cases

Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A., has an established history of successful litigation based on our attorneys’ careful and thorough preparation in each case. Below are some verdicts and settlements we have achieved on medical malpractice claims related to kidney disease.

$6.1 million jury verdict awarded by a Hawaiian jury in Honolulu for a medical malpractice claim against Dr. Seid, a Wahiawa general practitioner physician. Antonio Richardson, a 45-year-old glazier who worked for his own company in Central Oahu, was approved for $4.1 million in special damages and another $2 million in general damages. According to the court testimony, Richardson was treated for kidney failure in June 2004 more than two and a half years after an abnormal lab sample showed signs of kidney disease. Dr. Seid ran reported tests which included blood and urine tests, and all the results were indicative of kidney disease. When Dr. Seid finally referred Mr. Richardson to a specialist, it was discovered that Richardson was suffering from end-stage kidney failure and, as a result, suffered catastrophic injury to his health and his business.

$5.7 million jury verdict in Miami awarded to a 37-year-old truck driver against three urologists and/or their professional associations for failure to timely and appropriately diagnose kidney disease. The jury determined that these doctors failed to properly examine the plaintiff and as a result missed the open and obvious signs of treatable kidney disease. The firm was able to establish that the doctors clearly should have known or seen the kidney disease and referred the patient for appropriate treatment. By failing to do so, the plaintiff lost use of both kidneys and needed a kidney transplant with all of its co-morbidities.

$4.1 million jury verdict in Miami awarded on behalf of a child. The minor plaintiff was 6 years old when she underwent a kidney transplant. The family alleged that the transplant resulted from medical malpractice on the part of the defendant pediatrician in failing to timely diagnose and treat the child’s kidney failure. The defendant maintained that the minor plaintiff’s kidney failure developed suddenly and there were no indications of the disease at the time in question. The jury found the defendant negligent and awarded the minor plaintiff $3.8 million in damages. The award included $700,000 for loss of future earnings; $157,000 in past medical expenses; $2.7 million in future medical expenses and $230,000 for past and future pain and suffering. The Court granted plaintiff’s motion for additur in the amount of $270,000 for additional pain and suffering of Monica Gutierrez which defendant did not reject.

Confidential settlement in Miami for a man in his early 30s with kidney disease who was not diagnosed by his internist for over two years. The young man was a computer developer and lost his career and ability to work and travel due to horrible effects of dialysis and kidney failure. He has since gone on to have a kidney transplant from a donor who was found during the course of litigation and this matter was confidentially settled on the eve of trial.

Confidential settlement in Arizona for a child whose primary care doctor and endocrinologist failed to diagnose his kidney disease until the Plaintiff was a teenager. The patient had elevated and rising creatinine levels and blood in the urine for over 6 years. The young man was forced to delay his college education due to horrible effects of dialysis and kidney failure. He has since gone on to have a kidney transplant.

Confidential settlement in Arizona for a man in his early 20s whose primary care clinic and nephrologist failed to diagnose his kidney disease for over 4 years. The young man lost his career and ability to work and travel due to the horrible effects of kidney failure. The Plaintiff continues to live with chronic kidney disease due to the Defendants’ failure to timely diagnosis him.

Confidential settlement in South Carolina against United State of America in a Federal Tort Claim Act against the Veterans Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. The Veteran was misdiagnosed with flank pain and a kidney stone, which resulted in the backing up on his urine leading to increased creatinine and hematuria. Ultimately, the failure to diagnose the kidney stone led to obstruction in his left ureter, which caused his left kidney to fail. His right kidney also began to show signs of distress. Prior to trial, settlement resolved in mediation to allow the injured veteran to continue the treatment necessary to retain his right kidney function.

Confidential Settlement for a 35-year-old woman who was under the care of her gynecologist to receive assisted conception treatment. Despite many routine exams including lab work, the Plaintiff’s gynecologist failed on multiple occasions to bring to the patient’s attention the abnormal lab results and failed to refer the patient to a nephrologist despite many indications of renal disease. As a result, the patient is now in end-stage kidney failure and will require a kidney transplant due to the doctor’s failure to conform to the standard of care. 

$150,000 settlement in Miami for an elderly gentleman with misdiagnosed kidney disease.