Daphne West was evaluated by a nurse practitioner at the office of her family doctor. She complained of numbness in one arm and actually fainted in the office. The nurse practitioner sent her home with a change in her blood pressure medication. Hours later, Daphne had a devastating stroke. The problem was compounded by the fact that she was taken to a Cleveland-area hospital, where no stroke doctor was available for 19 hours. Daphne was left unable to walk or to speak above a whisper.
Greene & Eisen pursued not only the nurse practitioner but also the hospital, arguing that the hospital should have either provided Daphne with a stroke doctor or transferred her to a stroke center just a few miles away. With the help of renowned experts, Greene & Eisen was able to show that had Daphne been treated timely with clot-busting medications, she would have recovered fully.
Faced with this evidence, the hospital elected to settle the case before trial.
