… A 29-year-old mother felt ill as she was getting ready for work. She phoned her father. While on the phone, she became unresponsive. An ambulance was called and she was rushed to a local trauma center. Although she was having all the signs of a stroke, there was no sense of urgency. She eventually received the necessary treatment, including a clot-busting drug called tPA, but the opportunity for a good recovery was lost. She now uses a wheelchair and still has significant speech and vision problems. The case was settled after jury selection, with the settlement funds used, in part, to buy a house to be remodeled for handicapped accessibility.
