{"id":1134,"date":"2017-04-13T17:32:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2017-04-13T17:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:32:37","slug":"connecticut-woman-receives-2-million-in-medical-malpractice-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/connecticut-woman-receives-2-million-in-medical-malpractice-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Woman Receives $2 Million In Medical Malpractice Settlement."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a certain standard of care that you come to expect when seeking medical treatment. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-medical-malpractice-lawyers-attorneys.php\">medical malpractice<\/a> suit, a victim must prove that a doctor or other medical professional breached this standard of care by making a mistake, and that this mistake resulted in an injury. The mistake may include an act or a failure to act that caused the victim harm. <strong>Whether it\u2019s a routine check-up, picking up a prescription medication, or an invasive surgical procedure, we entrust our health care professionals with our lives and the lives of the ones we love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tragically, there are many inherent imperfections in the process of discovery, diagnosis, treatment and recovery regarding most health issues<\/strong>. If the standard of care was indeed breached, the victim may be entitled to recover significant money damages in a medical malpractice claim to compensate for pain and suffering and other injuries that the breach caused.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-KfNEV4EVE\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Norwalk, Connecticut doctor and his insurance company have agreed to settle a medical malpractice suit for $2 million. The suit alleged that Margaret Gabriele was misdiagnosed after she complained of severe pain in her forehead. Dr. Donald McNicol allegedly diagnosed her with a bad headache, when Ms. Gabriele was in fact suffering from a neurovascular episode. <strong>The suit also alleged that the doctor failed to perform an appropriate physical and neurological examination on Ms. Gabriele which could have helped in a proper diagnosis.<\/strong> As a result of the misdiagnosis, Ms. Gabriele suffered a ruptured intracranial aneurysm, which caused permanent injury and now requires around-the-clock medical assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or a loved one has suffered serious injury or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">wrongful death<\/a> as a result of medical malpractice, call our <a href=\"http:\/\/bostonmassachusettsmedicalmalpracticelawyer.com\/\">Boston, MA medical malpractice lawyer<\/a> experts at 617-787-3700 or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a>.<\/strong> Time may be an important factor, so please don\u2019t delay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a certain standard of care that you come to expect when seeking medical treatment. In a medical malpractice suit, a victim must prove that a doctor or other medical professional breached this standard of care by making a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/connecticut-woman-receives-2-million-in-medical-malpractice-settlement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,6,28,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1135,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}