A $425,000.00 settlement in a medical malpractice action (Westchester County, NY) on behalf of the Estate of a 25 year old woman who passed away from a massive pulmonary embolism. The case was brought against an interventional radiologist, who was in the process of removing an inferior vena cava filter that had been placed within the decedent in order to provide protection against further pulmonary embolus.
