When Medical Negligence Causes Harm, We Deliver Results

Byrd & Byrd successfully represented the surviving family members of a 68-year-old woman whose preventable death followed a cascade of medical failures during and after orthopedic surgery.

Our client was hospitalized after sustaining a knee injury from a fall. Despite a pre-operative evaluation documenting severe aortic stenosis—a serious and well-known cardiac condition—she was cleared for surgery. Following the procedure, her medical providers failed to appropriately monitor her oxygen levels and laboratory values. When physical therapy evaluated her the following afternoon, she was found to be drowsy, dizzy, and critically hypoxic, with oxygen saturation levels dangerously low. Although these findings were reported to hospital staff, the patient was later discovered unresponsive. A code was called, blood transfusions were given, and she subsequently passed away.

Attorneys Timothy Leahy and Patricia Cleary pursued claims against the hospital, treating providers, and consulting specialists involved in her care. After extensive and hard-fought litigation, the case was successfully resolved prior to trial, securing meaningful compensation for the family.

This result reflects Byrd & Byrd’s commitment to holding medical providers accountable and advocating for families harmed by failures in patient safety and post-operative care.