On May 9, 2017, the plaintiff presented to a local area hospital with a complaint of leg pain. An ultrasound was performed, which showed a below-the-knee deep vein thrombosis. Plaintiff was only three weeks out from a diagnosis of endocarditis, for which she was still on antibiotics. The emergency department physician discharged her on Eliquis, a prescription blood thinner. Three days later, the plaintiff presented to an emergency room in Wisconsin, where she was diagnosed with a hemorrhagic stroke. Plaintiff claimed that she should not have been prescribed Eliquis by the emergency department physician because of her recent history of endocarditis.
Bradley Z. Schulman represented the plaintiff.