QUESTION
Do I have legal recourse for the death of my husband ?
Asked on Jan 12th, 2017 on Medical Malpractice - Florida
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In the VA system, put on warfarin. Kept asking to be taken off med. Couldn't get an appointment to see his primary for a few months. Fell in shower and hit his head. Brain bled out in the night. Death cert reads " blunt force trauma, and anticoagulant therapy." He was only 62.
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Not likely. IF there was a clinical indication that blood thinners were appropriate - the cause of this death was the fall in the shower. The injury was exacerbated by the blood thinners, by default and design, but not caused by them. This is a tragic result no doubt but you will need to have a medical opinion stating that he had no reason to be on a blood thinner which may be difficult if if he had PE/DVT or clot issues.
Answered on Jan 12th, 2017 at 3:26 PM
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