Michigan Malpractice and Birth Injury Attorneys

In this case, we allege that our client was the victim of a calamity of miscommunication errors. Our client had an underlying medical condition that left him susceptible to severe infection. The resident missed this, and his attending didn't realize it. At shift change, the new resident and attending did not do their own workup, so they missed it, too. Our client had all of the hallmark signs of infection - elevated white count with left shift, elevated lactic acid levels, abnormal vital signs, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The second resident diagnosed our client with SCIATICA!!!! And the attending was asleep at the wheel and approved discharge. Our client returned to the hospital much worse off. He ultimately lost a leg, a foot, and a kidney.

Do you know how predatory the weight loss surgery business is? We didn't until we met our client and began our investigation. In this case, we are suing Sono Bello, plastic surgeon Kimberly Pummill, MD, Nurse Dan Schmidt, Aesthetic Physicians leadership, and Body Contour Centers under multiple theories in addition to medical malpractice, such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and violations of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. We allege that Sono Bello's business model is one in which surgeons' time is in surgery, they are encouraged to fit in as many surgeries a day as possible, and as a result, pre- and post-op care goes by the wayside. This case is about far more than bad results from a cosmetic surgery. Our client was not a surgical candidate. The procedure was one deemed to fail. And a serious infection was ignored post-op, with the surgeon instead proceeding with another procedure on our client. The consequences were devastating.

Hoffer & Sheremet is currently handling numerous cases against former urogynecologist Husam Abed. Defendant Abed performed unnecessary procedures on young women, including hysterectomies. He repeatedly inserted pessaries without medical reason in patients, including girls as young as 12 years old. Defendant Abed has lost his medical license and is facing criminal charges. We represent his victims in civil lawsuits.

Mom was admitted to the hospital for the express purpose of monitoring her unborn baby. Over the course of several days, the baby showed signs of distress. The healthcare providers stopped monitoring the baby. When they checked for a heartrate several hours later, the baby had died.

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