CVN News | Vanterpool v Newhard

ER Staff Cleared in $3M Malpractice Suit over Child's Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 18, 2015 4:07:00 PM

Kevin O'Connor argues that nurse Donna Newhard and physician Alberto Marin did not breach their duty of care to seven-year-old Christopher Cassion during a 2011 emergency room visit. The child died, allegedly from bacterial meningitis, eight days after being discharged from the ER.

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Vanterpool v Newhard

Role ER Nurse's Decisions Played in Child's Death the Focus as Med Mal Trial Opens

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 11, 2015 2:35:00 PM

David Rash tells jurors that Christopher Cassion could have been saved if his bacterial infection had been detected earlier. Cassion's mother, Cherline Vanterpool, represented by Rash, is suing nurse practitioner Donna Newhard and supervising physician Alberto Marin for failing to perform computer-recommended bloodwork, which Rash argues led to the child's death. Watch the trial.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Neligence, Vanterpool v Newhard

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ER Staff Cleared in $3M Malpractice Suit over Child's Death

Role ER Nurse's Decisions Played in Child's Death the Focus as Med Mal Trial Opens

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