North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Plaintiff was a 50-year-old male who was seeing a chiropractor for routine care. He complained of dizziness and visual disturbances following a manipulation which the defendant chiropractor documented in the chart.
Chiropractor subsequently saw plaintiff for additional adjustments. During one of the adjustments, plaintiff’s vertebral artery was dissected. Plaintiff was taken via ambulance from Chiropractor’s office to a hospital where surgery was performed. He was left with life-altering disabilities and is unable to work.
Settlement Report
Type of action: Medical malpractice
Injuries alleged: Stroke caused by chiropractic manipulation
Case name: Confidential
Case number: Case not filed
Court: Mecklenburg County
Judge: Wayne Huckel, mediator
Verdict or settlement: Mediated settlement
Date: Jan. 6, 2010
Amount: $899,000
Special damages: 50-year-old male disabled after chiropractic manipulation
Plaintiff’s attorney: Troy J. Stafford of DeVore, Acton & Stafford (Charlotte)
