$15 Million Verdict for Child Left Permanently Disabled After Untreated Bacterial Meningitis

Tulsa Jury Finds Emergency Room Physician Failed to Act on Clear Signs of Serious Infection

A Tulsa County jury awarded $15 million to the family of a young girl who suffered catastrophic and permanent brain damage after a pediatric emergency room physician failed to properly diagnose and treat bacterial meningitis.

The case involved a 5-month-old infant who was repeatedly discharged from a Tulsa-area emergency room despite laboratory findings that plaintiffs’ experts described as “textbook signs of bacterial infection.”