Medical Malpractice Experts On $6 Kidney Disease Case

Forty-five yearold Antonio Richardson won $6 million last week against physician Arnold Seid in a medical malpractice lawsuit in Oahu Circuit Court.  Richardson went to Seid in 2001, when tests for health insurance showed signs of kidney disease.  For two years, Seid treated Richardson for high blood pressure, ignoring test results indicating kidney disease.  Seid eventually referred Richardson to a specialist, but by then his kidneys were already dead.  An expert witness said Richardson should have been referred to a kidney specialist in 2001.  Another witness said his kidney problems, if treated, could have been delayed or prevented.

Excerpted from StarBulletin.com