Opinion ID: 4538751
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Procedural History in Kentucky Case

Text: On August 25, 2014, Green sued Pikeville Radiology, PLLC (Pikeville Radiology), a doctor employed by Pikeville Radiology, and Pikeville Medical Center (collectively the Kentucky Defendants) in a Kentucky circuit court. Green alleged claims for the decedent’s personal injury and wrongful death, and sought damages for her pain and suffering, medical expenses, loss of wages, and Green’s loss of consortium. The complaint, in part, alleged that the Kentucky Defendants were negligent and “deviated from the appropriate standards of care,” and that their failure to identify and treat the decedent’s mesenteric ischemia “when her ischemic bowel was salvageable, was a proximate cause of her death.” The complaint alleged that Pikeville Medical Center deviated from the appropriate standard of care as follows: 3 a. they failed to identify an occluded superior mesenteric artery and resulting bowel ischemia as a potential cause of Oneida Green’s symptoms; b. they failed to rule out an occluded superior mesenteric artery and resulting bowel ischemia as a cause of Oneida Green’s symptoms; c. they failed to treat Oneida Green for an occluded superior mesenteric artery and resulting bowel ischemia, and/or failed to have her transferred to another facility for treatment; they failed to conduct a proper differential diagnosis with regard to Oneida Green’s symptoms; d. they otherwise failed to comply with the applicable standards of care under the circumstances then and there existing. On February 28, 2017, the Kentucky circuit court entered an order granting Green’s motion to dismiss the wrongful death and loss of consortium claims against the Kentucky Defendants. On June 27, 2017, the circuit court entered an order reflecting Green’s agreement to dismiss all claims against Pikeville Radiology and the doctor employed by Pikeville Radiology, leaving Pikeville Medical Center as the sole defendant in Kentucky. Green settled with Pikeville Medical Center for an undisclosed amount and, on July 3, 2017, the Kentucky circuit court entered an order of dismissal that recognized the settlement and dismissed all claims against Pikeville Medical Center with prejudice.