Ohio: Malpractice Payment of $495,000 for Injury to a Male Infant (2015)

In 2015, a non-insurance malpractice payment was made on behalf of a physician (MD) in Ohio for approximately* $495,000. Payment was made in response to a claim of medical malpractice claim involving what was described as a "significant permanent injury" to a male infant under the age of one year. The nature of the claim is broadly described as: "treatment related." The payment report submitted by a malpractice payer described the allegations in the claim as "An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation."

* The payment amount is approximate because the National Practitioner Data Bank codes payments as a range value. The report's description of $495,000 corresponds to a malpractice payment somewhere between $490,001 and $500,000.

Claim Insights

With respect to any medical malpractice payment, there are three major components of any claim. First, there is the act or omission that gave rise to an injury and whether the provider departed from an accepted standard of practice. Second, there is the nature of the injury itself, which includes several factors like its severity, duration, the impact on the patient’s life, the age and general health of the patient, along with many other elements. Third, there needs to be a causal connection between the negligent act or omission by the provider and the injury itself. Even with a showing of negligence, a medical provider is not legally responsible for an outcome that was not caused by the negligence.

With this in mind, the Data Bank does have some information that can give context to the medical malpractice payments, including the patient’s age, gender, whether it was inpatient or outpatient care, the type of malpractice or medical mistake that was alleged, and the ultimate outcome to the patient.

The information has significant limitations, however, that everyone should keep in mind. For one thing, the information is usually self-reported by the healthcare provider and his or her representatives…

Provider History Includes Two Licensure Reports

A medical provider's malpractice history can be extremely insightful. A long history of malpractice claims and discipline can certainly affect whether a matter is resolved and for how much. One of the most important goals of the National Practitioner Data Bank is to track providers' disciplinary and malpractice payment history throughout interstate moves or new employment situations.

In addition to this particular malpractice payment, this provider has another report on record. Specifically, the database reflects that this particular provider had two licensure report(s) on record. These are more unusual among the providers for whom malpractice payments are recorded in the database - only about 15% of the providers with malpractice payments also have at least one licensure report as well.

Similar Claims

Here are other claims involving an allegation of An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation and an outcome of what was described as a "significant permanent injury" to at age infant under one year of age.
YearStateAmountAllegation
2024Arizona$4,950,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2023Louisiana$97,500An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2021North Carolina$335,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2021North Carolina$995,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2021North Carolina$245,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2016California$995,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2015Florida$675,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2015Ohio$495,000An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2015Kentucky$27,500An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation
2009Indiana$52,500An Otherwise Unclassified Allegation