Molly Craig Obtained Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case

IADC member, Molly Craig , and Jamie Hood obtained a defense verdict for an internist and her practice on November 18, 2010 in Greenville County, South Carolina. The Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action against an internist who was treating a forty-eight year old woman for multiple medical conditions and taking approximately twenty-five medicines as a result of those co-morbidities. The Plaintiff alleged that the numerous medications caused a polydrug overdose and the Decedent suffered respiratory insufficiency resulting in a cardiopulmonary arrest. The coroner, toxicologist and the forensic pathologist involved in the case concluded the Decedent died as a result of respiratory insufficiency due to synergistic overdose. The Defendants however, were able to prove the medications prescribed for the Decedent were reasonable and appropriate, given her complex medical problems and conditions particularly since she was taking the same drug regimen for several years without incident. The jury returned a verdict for the Defendants.