Hospital Sued for Medical Malpractice in New York

A lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court, Queens County alleges that doctors at Long Island Jewish/Plainview Hospital failed to properly diagnose 30-year-old Melissa Fudge’s head pain in the days leading to her death from a brain hemorrhage. The lawsuit, filed by her husband, Roger Fudge Jr., with the help of his medical malpractice lawyer in New York, seeks unspecified damages from the hospital and three doctors.

Melissa Fudge was a teacher at PS 16 in Corona with a history of ulcerative colitis when she was admitted to the hospital in November 2008 with complaints of vomiting and stomach pains along with a shooting pain in her left eye and a severe headache. Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects the large intestine. Mrs. Fudge was treated for colitis but her head pain continued.

According to the New York Post, Mr. Fudge said, “They kept giving her transfusions and couldn’t understand where all the blood was going. They got tunnel-visioned on the colitis.” The tragedy has affected many people including her family, her husband’s family, and her students. Mr. Fudge and his medical malpractice lawyer are alleging that there were missed opportunities, and the doctors could have saved Ms. Fudge’s life.