Opinion ID: 1821924
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Reallocation of fault

Text: As the dissenting judge aptly notes, the record contains overwhelming evidence of CHNO's fault. Id. Since the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's finding of fault on Dr. Deno's part in failing to timely administer intravenous antibiotics, it was clear error for the jury not to find fault on CHNO's part for the same reason. CHNO failed to administer intravenous antibiotics until over seven hours after Coleman presented there. Such failure to administer antibiotics timely is malpractice. Furthermore, the evidence strongly suggests that CHNO is additionally at fault for the delay in obtaining a surgical consult. Although the need for such a consult was recognized on June 10th, Dr. Redmond was not consulted until June 11th. As a result of that delay, Dr. Redmond testified that the short window of opportunity for surgical intervention to treat the compartment syndromefour to six hours-was lost. [19] Other defense experts offered similar opinions regarding the compartment syndrome causing the loss of Coleman's arm. For these reasons we conclude that an appropriate allocation of fault is 25% to Dr. Deno and 75% to CHNO.