Stroke Patient Wins $217 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
In August of 2000, a professional basketball player from the Philippines checked himself into the University Community Hospital-Carrollwood in Floridan complaining of a headache, nausea, dizziness, confusion, and double vision. The manβs name was Allan Navarro, and he informed the triage nurse that he had a personal medical history of hypertension, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol, as well as a family history of strokes.
When the attending emergency physician saw him, Allan told him that he had a headache that appeared suddenly during the day and that he had felt a βpopβ in his head. Even though Allan provided