Attorneys obtained a defense verdict at a 2-week medical malpractice trial on behalf of the ED physician and the hospital

Attorneys obtained a defense verdict at a 2-week medical malpractice trial on behalf of the ED physician and the hospital. Plaintiff's decedent, age 52, died from a thoracic aortic dissection. The claim was that the diagnosis was delayed which deprived him of any chance for transfer to another institution and emergent cardio-thoracic surgery. The defense focused on the reasonableness of the diagnosis which was made (acute pancreatitis) and the fact that this gentleman had a very rare presentation of a very rare malady. The jury found no negligence after about an hour of deliberation.