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we’ve represented a
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gentleman who was 40 years old at the
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time
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and he got a little cut on the bottom of
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his foot and he goes to the doctor
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one of the you know statewide and even
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nationwide big medical practices
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and he wasn’t seen by a doctor he was
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seen by a nurse practitioner
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who to try to treat his wound put him in
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a closed
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boot to encase the foot keep pressure
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off it and told him to come back in
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five days he wasn’t actually seen by a
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doctor and the doctor didn’t even sign
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the note until the very next day after
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the patient was already sent home with
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his boot
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so the patient followed instructions for
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five days came back
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lo and behold that little wound had
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blossomed into a full-borne infection
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which had gone up his leg and as a
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result he unfortunately lost his leg
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above the knee
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and for the rest of his life has to deal
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with prosthetics and
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etc and through discovery we were able
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to find that this doctor
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never saw this patient never accessed
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the medical records he just rubber
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stamped this note the next day
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and in fact lied about what he had done
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because we deposed a computer i.t
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expert who confirmed that this doctor
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never went back through the chart and
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looked at these medical records
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he simply rubber stamped the note that
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this nurse practitioner had done
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and because of that misunderstanding and
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really not understanding this device and
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how it was to be used
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the poor man lost his leg and in that
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case i remember we were able to get a
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1.6 million dollar settlement
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to help him with his prosthetics and his
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future care needs for the rest of his
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life