Professional Negligence Law Reporter

Doe v. Roe Physicians, Confidential Dkt. No. (Confidential Jxn. and Date).

Doe, an 18-year-old college athlete, developed abdominal pain. Over a nine-month period, she had seven doctor’s visits about her condition, including with a gastroenterologist, primary care physician, and surgeon. Additionally, Doe had 63 phone calls with medical providers during this period and underwent five radiological studies. She was later hospitalized for a bowel perforation and sepsis, and it was revealed that she was suffering from untreated Crohn’s disease. While hospitalized, Doe was mistakenly administered phenylephrine and levophed in an excessive amount. This resulted in decreased blood flow, which led to bilateral above-the-knee leg amputations and amputation of her right arm.

Doe sued the surgeon, gastroenterologist, and primary care physician, alleging failure to diagnose and treat Crohn’s disease. Suit alleged that the bowel perforation and sepsis resulting from the untreated Crohn’s disease led to her need for drugs to treat sepsis, which resulted in a medical mistake and overdose.

The parties settled the case for $16.4 million.

Plaintiff counsel: AAJ member Chad McGowan, AAJ member Eve Goodstein, Jordan Calloway, and Whitney Harrison, all of Rock Hill, S.C.