Washington Injury Attorney Blog

The family of a 24-year-old woman who died of a stroke in 2006 received a $5.3 million settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit reports the Chicago Tribune.

The family of Samantha Medina filed their medical malpractice lawsuit claiming that Samantha's doctors and the hospital were negligent in diagnosing and treating her for a stroke when she was taken to the Central DuPage Hospital with a sudden headache and numbness on her right side. Samantha died 16 days later. The lawsuit alleged that if doctors had begun treatment promptly, Samantha would have survived.

Washington State has a wrongful death statute which allows the family of someone who was wrongfully killed due to the negligent act of another to recover damages in a civil action. Wrongful death can include medical negligence, unreasonably dangerous products, work-related injuries, car accidents and criminal attacks.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We have more than 30 years experience representing families in their wrongful death actions. With our help, you may be able to recover damages in a wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The family of Max DeVries, 61, who fell off an operating room table while undergoing brain surgery to install a lumbar drain which allows cerebrospinal fluid to drain, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against St. Joseph's Hospital of St. Paul, Minnesota.

DeVries was undergoing the procedure and part of his skull had been removed when he rolled off the surgical table, hitting the exposed portion of his brain on the floor, causing additional injuries.

DeVries never recovered from the stroke he had suffered and the injury from the fall; he died approximately a month later.

The wrongful death lawsuit claims that the hospital was negligent in providing proper restraints for DeVries.

Washington state has a wrongful death statute which allows the family of a person who dies due to the wrongful or negligent act of another to sue on behalf of their deceased loved one.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury law firm with more than 30 years experience representing medical malpractice victims and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source:
The Seattle Times
Heavy patient falls off operating room table - later dies
Published: July 28, 2010

A Washington Department of Health study finds that more people in the 35-54 year old age group die due to accidental prescription drug overdose than in car accidents.

According to the report, prescription overdoses increased 90% between 2003-2008. The report cited 505 fatalities in 2008 due to prescription drug overdose. It also said that 646 people were hospitalized. Methadone is one of the most lethal drugs when taken more than is prescribed because it stays in the body even after the pain relieving effect is gone.

Prescription pain medication can include methadone, OxyContin® and Vicodin®.

Prescription drugs can be especially lethal when people misuse and abuse them and when they combine them with alcohol.

It is important that physicians prudently prescribe pain medication for patients because the medications can cause physical dependence, addiction and overdoses lead to death.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by medical malpractice and by prescription errors and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Prescription drugs more deadly than car crashes, state report says
Reported by Gerry Spratt
July 14, 2010

In the United States, approximately 800,000 people have cerebral palsy which is a term encompassing motor and nerve conditions which are permanent in nature and effects a persons movement, posture and limits their activity. The condition can also effect sensations, cognition, communication, perception, behavior and can be accompanied by secondary musculoskeletal problems.

There are multiple causes of cerebral palsy (CP) including:

• Prenatal - Some fetuses develop CP in the womb. In some cases an infection in the mother is the suspected cause. Others believe that it is caused by the death of a twin in the womb when the twin shared a circulatory system or the same placenta.

• Premature birth - approximately 40%-50% of children with CP were born prematurely. Premature babies are not fully developed and at increased risk of hypoxia injury to the brain.

• Birth Injury - 5% -10% of those with CP may have suffered a preventable birth injury. Some of these preventable injuries include allowing labor to progress too long ,leaving a baby in the birth canal for too long, a delayed c-section, incorrect use of the vacuum extractor, misuse of forceps or deprivation of oxygen.

• After birth injury - some babies develop CP in the first few years of life. In some cases it is due to severe jaundice, lead poisoning, car accidents, brain injury, shaken baby syndrome, near drowning and illnesses such as encephalitis or meningitis. It can also be caused by asphyxia caused by choking on foreign objects including toys and food.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent families whose children have suffered a birth injury which resulted in permanent disability or death. In cases of obstetrics and birth injury malpractice due to negligence, we may be able to help you obtain compensation which can provide for your child's long-term medical and educational needs.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A Colorado eye surgeon, Dr. Paul Cutarelli, who performed surgeries in Las Vegas has been found guilty of medical malpractice in the state of Nevada.

According to news report, Cutarelli, whose main practice was in Denver, Colorado, would fly into Las Vegas and perform dozens of surgeries in a day and then fly out again. He was investigated by the State Board of Medical Examiners who conducted an investigation and found that he failed to "use reasonable care, skill and knowledge on more than one occasion with his Lasik patients."

Cutarelli must pay fines and costs of up to $30,000. He has also been ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and must be supervised by a qualified ophthalmologist for 30 days. He also faces lawsuits in civil court.

In Washington state, a health care can be found guilty of medical malpractice if his or her conduct falls below the "standard of care." Health care providers are not just limited to be physicians, they can include other professionals such as dentists, pathologists, pharmacologists, optometrists, chiropractics and paramedics."

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent medical malpractice victims and their families. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source:
www.KTNV.com
"Lasik surgeon found guilty of medical malpractice"
Posted: June 17, 2010

Angela Almore, 44, a registered nurse who worked at a Chapel Hill nursing home, has been indicted on one count of second-degree murder and six counts of felony patient abuse in the death of an Alzheimer's patient, Rachel Holliday, 84. Holliday's medical records indicated that morphine toxicity contributed to her death.

Authorities believe that Almore administered opiates to patients under her care to chemically manage or restrain them.

According to a report on WRAL.com, nearly 40% of the Alzheimer's patients on Almore's ward -- nine people in all -- tested positive for opiates. Six of the patients were hospitalized including Marion Woodward, Dorothy Willis, James Scanlan, Eloise Hill, Pauline Lyons and Josephine Kernan.

Police do not believe that any other members of the staff besides Almore was involved in the over-medicating of patients.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent victims of nursing home abuse and neglect and their families. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The wrongful death lawsuit over a NY man whose kidney transplant from a female donor gave him the woman's cancer will conclude soon in New York.

Vincent Liew was 37 years old when he received a kidney transplant from a woman who succumbed to a stroke. When an autopsy was performed on the woman, it revealed that the woman had uterine cancer.

According to an article in the NY Daily News, it took Liew's physician two months before he learned of the autopsy results. The suit claims that the doctors should have removed the kidney as soon as the cancer diagnosis was made. Liew's widow said that the physician advised, "Don't worry about it, leave it in." The doctors said that there was only a slight chance that Liew could contract the woman's cancer because he was a man.

The kidney was eventually removed from Liew's body after doctors said that he wasn't adapting to it. Liew died a few weeks later and an autopsy confirmed that he died of cancer and that his cancer had genetically female cells.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by medical malpractice or negligence and the family of those who have died. If a person dies because of medical negligence, the family of the deceased can file a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of their deceased loved one.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

In a News Release, the Washington State Department of Health reports that they have suspended the license of Dr. Leonard D. Hudson, a 72-year-old University of Washington professor for illegally prescribing painkillers to an addict in exchange for sex. The suspension means that Hudson cannot practice medicine in Washington until charges are resolved. Hudson, along with the woman he wrote prescriptions for, face criminal charges.

Hudson holds an endowed chair in pulmonary disease research and is an adjunct professor of medical history and ethics.

According to the report, Hudson wrote numerous prescriptions for drugs like OxyContin, Zanax and Percocet to a 22-year-old woman on at least 30 occasions. He also wrote prescriptions to her friend so that the cost of them would be covered by the friend's medical insurance. According to the release, he met the woman through an online escort service.

A Washington state Health Department spokesperson said:

"Hudson's alleged prescribing practices put the patient at risk of serious harm by continuing to prescribe controlled substances to the woman knowing she was an addict."

The DOH says that Hudson's prescribing practices show "a lack of regard for patient safety and gross negligence."

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by medical malpractice and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Bradley C. Allen, a 22-year veteran of the Camas Fire District is accused by the FDA of stealing the painkiller fentanyl in ambulance medical kits and substituting the drug with water.

According to charges, Allen is accused of forging fire district orders for the drug and having it shipped to his home.

The theft of the medication came to light after paramedics noticed broken seals and missing supplies of the drug. According to a report written by Michael Rollins of KGW, detectives investigating the missing medication looked at Allen because he was in charge of ordering supplies and he oversaw the supply storage room.

The Camas interim police captain, Rob Skeens, claims that there is no evidence that ambulance patients were given water instead of fentanyl.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured because of the negligence of another including victims of medical malpractice.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The University of Washington (UW) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists has established a registry of patients who were aware or recall events and sensations from their surgeries even though they were under anesthesia and were supposed to be asleep.

In an article on CNN.com, one patient described being aware during parts of her five hour surgery to remove an eye. Paralyzed from medications, she described the feeling of being aware akin to being in hell. She awoke from the surgery screaming, "I was awake!"

The Anesthesia Awareness Registry and is working to understand why this phenomenon occurs, how to prevent it and how to help health care providers respond to their patients who have experienced it. The motto of the registry is "Stop Anesthesia Awareness -- 1 case is 1 too many."

Some patients who were aware during their surgeries suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is an anxiety disorder caused by experiencing a traumatic event which involved the threat of injury or death or other terrifying ordeal.

Some "anesthesia awareness" patients have filed medical malpractice lawsuits because of their surgical experience. In one case, a lawsuit was filed after a 73-year-old patient experienced 16 minutes of pain during surgery because general anesthesia was not administered for 16 minutes after the surgery began. The patient was unable to cry out because paralyzing drugs were administered. He committed suicide following the surgery after experiencing excruciating pain and nightmares and horrifying thoughts.

This information is provided by The Farber Law Group. We investigate potential claims for medical and surgical malpractice in the Seattle-metropolitan area and throughout the Pacific Northwest. If you or a loved one has been the victim of a medical error or anesthesia malpractice, contact us for a free and confidential consultation.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The family of Darius Morgan, who suffered a birth injury which resulted in cerebral palsy (CP), was awarded $18.5 million in a cerebral palsy malpractice lawsuit against Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and an obstetrician.

Medical experts who testified at the malpractice trial said that if Darius' mother cesarean section had not been delayed, Darius would have been born healthy.

Darius' mother initiated the obstetrics malpractice lawsuit in 2002 but she died in 2004 of a terminal illness. Her intent with the lawsuit was that her son's needs be cared for.

The jury deliberated for two days before returning with the verdict.

One study found that the economic cost for people with CP to be at $921,000 including lost income.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by medical malpracticeincluding negligence which resulted in a birth injury.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source:
NJ.com
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/middlesex_family_is_awarded_18.html
Reported by Victoria St. Martin/The Star-Ledger
Posted April 30, 2010

Dr. Kenneth M. Jones, of Wenatchee, has been suspended from the practice of medicine for 30 days after an agreement with the Washington state Medical Commission for inappropriately prescribing human growth hormones to two men.

According to the Medical Commission Jones also allegedly "abetted unlicensed practice of medicine by allowing unlicensed persons to evaluate clients, provide injections, use his name to obtain and use equipment, and use his DEA number to obtain medications" in association with clinics in Bellevue and Yakima.

As part of the agreement with the Medical Commission, Dr. Jones has agreed to stop prescribing hormones as an anti-aging treatment.

The medical commission also mandates that Jones' license be placed on probation for five years.

Human growth hormones has been used to help some patients gain muscle mass and reduce body fat but the drug has been linked to joint pain and some studies suggest it may be linked to cancer.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured by medical malpractice.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

An Illinois family has agreed to a $9.5M medical malpractice settlement after mediation with an Illinois hospital, nurse midwife and the nurse's employer after she claimed that her son's birth injury, resulting in cerebral palsy, was caused by negligence.

Helen O'Came filed a cerebral palsy lawsuit claiming her son was deprived of oxygen during the birth process which caused a brain injury. According to O'Came's lawsuit, the nurse midwife, Mary Traub, was required to have a sponsoring physician on call but her sponsoring physician, Dr. Han, was away in Korea and Traub did not call another physician in to the case.

Patrick, who is now 14, has a permanent disability which requires lifetime care. In the settlement, the hospital has greed to pay $7.5 million and Dr. Han and Traum will each pay $1 million as part of the settlement.

Cerebral palsy can be caused by the lack of oxygen at birth which can cause permanent disabilities including seizures, blindness, mental retardation and physical impairments.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We have more than 30 years experience representing families whose babies have suffered a birth injury including cerebral palsy.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source:
Chicago Breaking News Center
$9.5M settlement in case of boy born with cerebral palsy
Posted: April 15, 2010

The widow of Michael Scarpa, 55, was awarded a $1.2 settlement after a Pennsylvania jury spent only four hours deliberating the merits of the medical malpractice lawsuit against Tyler Memorial Hospital and two hospital physicians who treated her husband.

The jury found against the hospitals and doctors Daniel Costner and Jeffrey Lubin negligent in the death of Scarpa who died in 1999.

Scarpa went to Tyler Memorial complaining of chest pains and vomiting on April 16, 1999. He was told to take cough medicine and see his family doctor. Scarpa died two days later and the autopsy showed that he had an ulcerated esophagus and the cause of his death was blood poisoning/sepsis caused by food entering his pleural cavity through the perforated esophagus.

Source:
The Times-Tribune
Jury awards widow $1.2 million in Scranton malpractice trial
By Joe McDonald
Published April 21, 2010

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent clients who have suffered serious injury due to the malpractice of a medical professional. Malpractice refers to the professionals negligence in failing to meet the standards of his or her profession resulting in injury to a patient. If the patient is deceased, the family of the victim may bring a wrongful death lawsuit to recover damages on behalf of their deceased loved one under Washington State statute.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The family of Robert Shearer, who died from peritonitis after his bowels were accidentally perforated during surgery to remove a noncancerous mass, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his doctors at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.

Shearer, 68, died three days after surgery in March of 2009. Shearer's family claim says his doctors were negligent in failing to diagnose that he had a complication of surgery despite clear symptoms that something was wrong.

Shearer had symptoms of peritonitis including excessive thirst and abdominal pain. His doctors apparently failed to investigate the source of his symptoms and instead increased his dosage of pain medication.

Peritonitis is usually diagnosed when the abdomen is rigid, there is fever present, and the patient has symptoms of nausea and or vomiting. If peritonitis is suspected, then surgeos usually perform surgery immediately without other testing.

Washington State has a wrongful death statute which allows the family of a person who had died because of medical or surgical malpractice to recover damages under civil law on behalf of their deceased loved one.

This information is provided by The Farber Law Group, a Washington law firm experienced and knowledgeable in handling wrongful death claims.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

If you are planning a surgery any time soon, you might want data on how safe the hospital is where your surgeon practices. An article published in the Seattle PI.com entitled "How safe are Washington hospitals?" looks at a study by Niagara Health Quality Coalition on data assembled by Hearst Newspapers.

The study compares hospitals by looking at various factors including post-operative infections, MRSA infections, numbers of surgeries of a certain type, number of post-operative hip fractures, and mortality rates. This data is collected by Washington State Department of Health on all patients at all hospitals. Comparing the hospital data is not an easy task as data as each hospital may enter their data in a different fashion.

You will want to read the full study on the PI web-site. Highlights include:

Honor roll hospitals

• Virginia Mason in Seattle
  
• Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland
  
• Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Seattle
  
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla
  
• Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver

Hospitals on the watch list:

• Tacoma General
  
• Enumclaw Regional in Enumclaw
  
• Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington
  
• Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane
  
• Harborview Medical Center in Seattle
  
• Valley Hospital and Medical Center in Spokane Valley

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source
Analysis: How safe are Washington hospitals?
By ERIC NALDER
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

The mother of Lynn Dale Iszley, 48, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against King County, Dr. Anthony Rains, a Jail Health Services physician, and two nurses, Flora Cruz and Eric Shirley, for not diagnosing her son's bleeding ulcer which resulted in his death.

Iszley was jailed in July of 2007 for drug possession. Iszley complained of illness but the medical staff at the King County Jail believed he was ill because of drug withdrawal. Over a period of four days, Iszley's condition worsened at the jail and he was not taken to Harborview Medical Center where his life would have been saved. Instead, he died in the jail infirmary with a raging infection due to the ulcer.

An investigation into Iszley's death found that Iszley died in agony because of the medical misdiagnosis.

Washington State's wrongful death statute allows the family of a person, who died due to a person or entity's negligent act or wrong doing, to recover damages on behalf of their deceased loved one through a civil action.

Wrongful death lawsuits can arise due to motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, unreasonably dangerous products, construction accidents, criminal attacks and supervised activities like school sports.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury attorney firm with more than 30 years experience in representing families in their wrongful death cases.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source: The Seattle Times
Inmate's mother sues King County, medical staff over son's death
Reported by Mike Carter

A former Massachusetts dentist has been indicted on multiple charges including dental malpractice for allegedly using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts while doing root canals. He allegedly used the paper clips to save money.

The grand jury indictment claims that Dr. Michael Clair, 51, formerly of Fall River, has also been charged with making false Medicaid claims and illegally prescribing drugs for himself and his staff members including Combunox, Hydrocondone and Percocet.

Clair was investigated by the Massachusetts state attorney general's office for nearly four years before the indictment.

Clair has had a history of malpractice and drug complaints before his Massachusetts dental license expired. Previously, he had his dentistry licenses taken away in Maryland and Florida after complaints of performing unnecessary dental procedures and irregularities in billing.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured due to medical malpractice including surgical malpractice and hospital errors. We have more than 30 years experience representing medical malpractice victims and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source: The Herald News
Former Fall River dentist accused of using paper clips in root canals
Posted Mar 16, 2010

The family of Hector Alvarez, who died at the age of 52 in Fairfax, Virginia, was awarded $1.25 million in a medical malpractice case against an Alexandria radiologist for misdiagnosing a hiatal hernia.

According to a report in The Washington Post, Alvarez went to the hospital in July 2006 with chest pains and trouble swallowing. A radiologist, William J. Dunwoody III, checked Alvarez's CT scan and diagnosed a hiatial hernia. Hiatial hernias are typically diagnosed using an upper GI or endoscopy.

Alvarez was treated for the hernia until the next day when a surgeon discovered that Alvarez actually had a perforated esophagus. Alvarez suffered cardiac arrest and during preparation for surgery to repair the tear. He subsequently died.

Alvarez's family's wrongful death suit claimed that if Alvarez had not been misdiagnosed he could have received prompt treatment and not become so weakened that he would not have died.

During the pretrial process, the Fairfax Anesthesiology group agreed to a $600,000 settlement. The radiology group, Pro Assurance, elected to go to trial. The Fairfax jury awarded $3 million to Avlarez's family in a judgment against ProAssurance but malpractice caps reduced the judgment to $1.25 million.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent families in their wrongful death claims when a loved one has died due to the negligence of another, including medical malpractice. With more than 30 years experience in representing wrongful death claims, we have recovered millions of dollars in compensation for families.
 
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The parents of a 10-year-old Joel Diaz, of Kennewick, are waiting for autopsy results to find out why their son died.

Peter and Julie Diaz brought their son Joel to Urgent Care after he was injured in a bicycle accident and complained of stomach pain. In the bicycle accident, Joel was jabbed in the side with his bicycle handle bars.

The Urgent Care sent Joel to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland where the boy underwent an ultrasound and when no serious injury was detected, Joel was given pain medication and sent home. The Diaz's say they stayed by their son's side all night even phoning the doctor when they thought his condition had changed. When they realized he had stopped breathing, they called 911 and paramedics rushed the boy back to Kadlec where he died.

Joel was the middle children in a family of six kids.

Hopefully, the autopsy report will give these parents answers as to what caused their son's death.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group.

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