$1 Million Settlement After Schoolteacher’s Heart Attack Misdiagnosed at Medi-Center

• Date: Fall 2000
• Attorney: Carol Forte
• Settlement: $1 Million
• Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose, Failure to Treat, Heart Attack, Cardiac Arrest, Wrongful Death

A 36-year-old teacher at a Catholic school went to a medi-center complaining of chest pains, shortness of breath and sweatiness. Doctors at the medi-center concluded that he had a respiratory infection and sent him home. He died later that day. He is survived by his wife and their child, who was born four months after the teacher’s death.

Blume Donnelly attorney Carol Forte settled the case for $1 million.