{"id":5748,"date":"2016-11-17T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5748"},"modified":"2016-11-17T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:12:12","slug":"infectious-disease-claims-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/infectious-disease-claims-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"Infectious Disease Claims are Tough"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fred J. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

On October 8, 2012, Richard Job, M.D. was working as an internal medicine doctor and primary care physician for DRNE Clinic\/Heritage Health. On June 17, 2013 Dr. Job presented to Dr. Patrick Mullen complaining of sudden onset right thumb pain. Eventually, the infection was determined to be caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. When asked as to a possible source of the infection, Dr. Job told Dr. Mullen that the only thing that came to mind was that his cat had scratched him on his right hand a few weeks previous. The infection spread throughout the claimant\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

The widely disseminated MRSA infection had by the time of the hearing resulted in numerous surgeries including multiple hand and wrist, surgeries to clean out the infection, multiple surgeries to Dr. Job\u2019s back and shoulder, and the removal of Dr. Job\u2019s previously installed artificial hip joint. Dr. Job was placed on IV antibiotics for suppressive therapy of his incurable MRSA infection and will remain so for the rest of his life. Dr. Job also had suffered two strokes that were arguably related to his MRSA infection. Strokes left him unable to effectively communicate. In fact, Dr. Job was not even able to attend the hearing in the matter due to his health condition, including a second stroke. But, through his attorney Steven Nemec, Dr. Job had hired a number of physicians to testify in his behalf.<\/p>\n

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