Confidential settlement – medical malpractice (Brevard County, FL)

A 68 year old man died when his blunt abdominal trauma was neglected by the hospital and trauma physician.  He bled to death after receiving treatment too late to save his life.  He sat in  the emergency room for over 45 minutes until he went into shock and was finally treated.  John Elliott Leighton represented the surviving wife and obtained a confidential settlement.