Boy Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Hospital Fails to Diagnose Heart Condition: Confidential Settlement
Clay Rothenhoefer, then age 16 years old, suffered a cardiac arrest during
wrestling practice at his high school. He was resuscitated and taken to
the Wyoming Medical Center. As a result of the cardiac arrest, Clay sustained
a severe and permanently disabling brain injury. During the course of
his treatment, doctors at hospital diagnosed Clay with Long QT Syndrome.
Long QT Syndrome is a medical condition characterized by abnormal electrical
activity in the heart. Sadly, Clay’s cardiac arrest was foreshadowed
by an episode two years earlier that brought him to the same hospital
following another cardiac arrest. Although evident at that time, the hospital
failed to diagnose Clay’s LQTS and therefore it went untreated and
became a ticking time bomb which eventually led to his significant brain
injury. The case settled for a substantial, confidential amount.
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The Spence Law Firm
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