Medical Transport Accident Injury Settlement

An elderly woman with a significant list of pre-existing medical conditions was being transported in a non-emergency medical transportation van in California when she was not properly restrained. During the trip, she fell inside the moving vehicle and suffered catastrophic injuries – bilateral femur fractures, meaning both femur bones broken simultaneously.

The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body. Breaking both femurs is an extraordinarily serious and traumatic injury, particularly for an elderly person already managing complex health conditions. Despite her pre-existing conditions, she entered the vehicle alive and dependent on the transportation company to deliver her safely to her destination. Instead, the failure to properly restrain her led directly to catastrophic injury.

The woman passed away five months later. Feher Law argued that the trauma of the bilateral femur fractures and the subsequent medical complications were a direct contributing factor to her death. The case settled for $1,000,000, holding the California non-emergency medical transport company accountable for their failure to follow basic safety protocols that could have protected a medically vulnerable passenger. If you or a loved one was injured or killed due to negligence by a medical transport company in California, contact Feher Law for a free consultation.