Tremblay & Smith, PLLC » Articles http://www.tremblayandsmith.com Personal Injury & Malpractice, Domestic & Family Law, Corporate & Business Law Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:51:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 12-year-old suffers complications from rollerblading fracture http://www.tremblayandsmith.com/2011/05/17/12-year-old-suffers-complications-from-rollerblading-fracture-%e2%80%93-613312-verdict/ http://www.tremblayandsmith.com/2011/05/17/12-year-old-suffers-complications-from-rollerblading-fracture-%e2%80%93-613312-verdict/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 20:19:19 +0000 admin http://www.tremblayandsmith.com/?p=628 Plaintiff, a 12-year-old boy, suffered a comminuted left femur fracture while rollerblading on Nov. 25, 2006.  The defendant applied external fixation (a kind of mobile traction device) and set the fracture in varus (outward bowing) somewhere between 12 degrees and 15 degrees according to defense experts, and at 17 or18 degrees, according to measurements taken plaintiff’s experts. 

Ninety days after applying an external fixator, the defendant manipulated the knee under anesthesia to increase range of motion, causing damage to the growth plate ….   

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Type of action:  Medical malpractice
Injuries alleged:  Re-fractured femur, revision surgery and subsequent infection, osteotomy
Name of case: Leonard, et al. v. Marc Siegel MD, et al.
Court:  Montgomery County Circuit Court
Name of Judge: Robert M. D. Turk
Special damages:  $220,494 in medical expenses
Verdict or settlement: Verdict
Amount:  $613,312.92 ($350,000 to the minor plaintiff, $220,494.05 to the parents for medical expenses, plus pre-judgment interest in the amount of $43,312.02)

Date: Sept. 16, 2010
Plaintiffs’ experts: Jeffrey Garske MD and James M. Cardelia MD
Defense experts: Paul D. Sponseller MS, MD, and Robert Douglas Fitch MD
Plaintiffs’ attorneys: R. Lee Livingston and David M. Irvine, Charlottesville.

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by R. Lee Livingston

Published in The Journal of the Virginia Trail Lawyers Association, Winter 2oo1-2002

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