Utah Med Law

Lisa Speckman was enjoying the good life - happily married, both had good jobs, a happy and healthy child with another on the way.  About one year later Speckman would emerge from an ordeal that cost her two legs, her right forearm, and a good portion of her intestines.  Physically she had been through hell.  Mentally she was tough as nails and is probably the only reason she survived at all.  Lisa Speckman has all of my respect.

I worked as a nurse at the University of Utah Burn Trauma Unit for about 12 years.  It is ironic that Lisa was also a nurse who worked in the ER at LDS Hospital.  I am now an attorney who practices medical malpractice in Salt Lake City.  I did not know Lisa when I was a nurse and I know nothing about her legal case.  All I know is what I have read and that is enough to tell me she is a survivor.

Lisa had a ceasarian birth at LDS Hospital and twelve days later was sent tot he University of Utah Burn Trauma Unit where her life was saved by the fantastic work of dedicated and skilled nurses and physicians.  

Lisa and her family will need every bit of money that they received through a settlement negotiated by local medical malpractice attorneys.  I am sure it was a hard-fought fight for all concerned.  Negotiated settlements are often no windfall for anyone.  They are what they are - negotiated settled for half measures that you accept fearing that if the case goes to trial the victim may receive nothing or the alleged offender may pay millions in compensation for the harms and losses the victim has endured.

The Deseret News reported this medical malpractice settlement.  The Deseret News also had a long expose that reviewed Lisa's battle with her ordeal.

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