Doctor’s Misread of Ultrasound Leads to Death of 48-year-Old

Recovery for the two children of a 48-year-old man who died from a pulmonary embolism at a Central Massachusetts regional hospital when a Radiologist misread an ultrasound ordered to diagnose blood clots in the leg. When the ultrasound was read as negative, and because he was generally asymptomatic except for swelling and redness in his leg, he was discharged from the hospital, only to collapse in the parking lot. Resuscitative measures failed, and he died soon after.  Following extensive discovery over several years, the plaintiff’s estate resolved the case against the radiologist.