Failure to Relay Test Results Leads to Permanent Kidney Damage

Settlement 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. There was a dispute over who had access to or received the test results, as they were ordered by one provider and performed at the plaintiff’s primary care 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 occurred with the ordering provider after several years of litigation.