Medical malpractice – Doctor’s misread of ultrasound leads to death of 48-year-old

Wrongful death claim recovery for the two children of a 48-year-old man who died from a pulmonary embolism at a Central Massachusetts hospital when a radiologist misread an ultrasound ordered to determine whether the patient had blood clots in his leg. When the ultrasound was read as negative, the patient was discharged from the hospital, only to collapse in the parking lot and tragically die soon after.  Following extensive discovery over several years, the plaintiff’s estate resolved the case against the defendant radiologist.