Failure to communicate test results leads to permanent kidney damage

Settlement in medical malpractice case for a 72-year-old woman whose routine bloodwork showed significant abnormalities in kidney function that were not relayed to her for over a year, leading to permanent kidney damage. The defendant physicians disputed who had access to or received the test results, as they were ordered by one provider and later performed at the plaintiff’s primary care physician’s office. The defense argued that earlier intervention would not have mattered, but the plaintiff’s expert, a local nephrologist, disclosed strong opinions to the contrary. Settlement was achieved for the patient after several years of litigation.