Winding through the Monroe County courts is a unique case: Maldonado verses Dr. Michael A. Eufemio in which Carlos Maldonado‘s widow claims Dr. Eufemio mistakenly proceeded with a wart removal procedure using a general anesthetic despite the fact he had medical evidence that Maldonado was “not a suitable candidate for anesthesia.”
Maldonado and his widow, Janet Maldonado, live in Tobyhanna.
Other defendants in the case are Urology Associates of the Poconos; Dr. Nita Grover, J&C Holding ( a medical temp agency) and Pocono Medical Center.
The Maldonados have four grown children, three sons and a daughter. Maldonado, whose wart was on his penis, was on the operating table for 45 minutes before expiring, according the his widow’s law suit.
According to the complaint Maldonado had an abnormal EKG heart test, but the operating team went ahead with the operation anyway.
Med mal in Monroe County
Medical malpractice suits filed in Monroe County have dropped significantly in recent years according to statistics gathered by the State of Pennsylvania.
For instance there were only five filed in 2003, three in 2004 and seven in 2005. This is in comparison to 14 and 10 cases respective in 2001 and 2002.
So called med-mal suits are the bane of doctors, but the record over the past decades has shown that juries in Monroe County are loath the make big awards even when plaintiffs succeed.
