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Spinal stem cell injection that caused irreparable damage and loss of bodily function

Asked on May 09th, 2018 on Medical Malpractice - Wisconsin
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My mother in law was undergoing care provided by a OD for post stroke symptoms she was told she was a candidate for stem cell and was able to take care of her daily needs with little assistance,was able to drive walk and had control of her bodily functions and within 2 hours post injection she could not. The neurologist say there is nothing that can be done that she had a spinal stroke due to the the injection and she will not likely improve that there is nothing more they can do.
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Divorce Attorney serving Milwaukee, WI
Partner at Karp & Iancu S.C.
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I am sorry to hear what happened to your mother in law.  Medical malpractice cases in Wisconsin are exceedingly difficult to pursue and win. 9/10 cases are verdicts for the doctor or hospital at trial. There are caps on non-economic damages, so most personal injury lawyers shy away from taking medical malpractice cases anymore. I wrote a blog on the difficiulties of pursuing a medical malpractice case in WI at our web site. The Milwaukee journal sentinel did an excellent article on the subject a year or two back that you can google and read.  If you feel strongly that your mother in law was harmed,  she will need to obtain all of her medical and hospital records involving the treatment and her care, and provide those records to a malpractice attorney. The attorney will review them and if they think there is something there, we will hire an outside medical consultant to review the case to determine if your mother in law has a viable claim. The statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Wisconsin is three years to start a  lawsuit from the occurrence. Failure to file the lawsuit within three years would forever bar the claim.
Answered on Jun 05th, 2018 at 6:23 AM

David B. Karp Karp & Iancu, S.C. 933 North Mayfair Road #300 Milwaukee, WI 53226 414 453 0800 dbk@karplawfirm.com www.karplawfirm.com

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