Medical Malpractice
Orthopedics -- Failure To Properly Treat Leg Fracture -- Deformity -- $160,000 Award
Brief Statement of Claim: The plaintiff alleged the defendant failed to properly treat a tibula/fibula fracture in a 17-year-old male.
Principal Injuries (in order of severity): Seventeen degree deformity of the tib/fib area of the leg, resulting in 35 percent PPD
Special Damages: Past medical bills of $960.90; future medicals of $20,000 to $25,000
Tried or settled: Tried
County where tried or settled: Watauga
Case Name and number: David Patrick Zelch v. Stephen G. Fleming, M.D. and Boone Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. (98 CvS 41)
Date Concluded: Winter 1999
Name of Judge: n/a
Amount: $160,000; $186,427 including costs and interest
Insurance Carrier: Med Mutual
Expert Witnesses and areas of expertise: Jeffrey Penner, M.D., orthopedic surgeon
Attorneys for plaintiffs: Troy J. Stafford of DeVore, Acton & Stafford, P.A., Charlotte
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