Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Nets $4 Million

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A West Virginia jury trial of an emergency room physician recovered for the family of a deceased Ohio woman $4 million. The lawsuit was based on a 2009 trip to the Wheeling Hospital emergency room in which 43-year-old Terry Hiam was examined by Dr. Stephen Heirendt and sent home with a diagnosis of "chest pain of unclear cause, and bronchitis". Eleven days after the ER visit, Hiam was found at home unresponsive and pronounced dead at the hospital of a heart attack. The jury, in reaching their verdict, cited Dr. Heirendt's less than thorough examination as a contributing cause of her death.

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