Patient’s Discharge Results in Medical Malpractice Award for His Estate
Tony Bailey went to the emergency room with chest pain and shortness of breath. After a doctor examined him, he was told he had a virus and was sent home. The next morning, he was dead. Last month, a jury awarded over $1 million in medical malpractice damages to his estate. The attorney who represented the plaintiff, Chris Stewart, executor of the estate, offered that the doctor in question is probably a good doctor, but he missed the...