Staub

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

A. Pleadings and Overview of Plaintiffs’ Claims

The background facts are summarized from the first amended complaint. We note that George Staub was the individual who received the allegedly negligent medical treatment by defendants. When referring to those events, we refer to George by his first name. In May 2008, George was admitted to Mercy Hospital of Folsom with pain and swelling in his left leg and severe pain in his left groin. George was treated by Kiley, his

2 primary care physician. Although George was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, no ultrasound or other procedure was performed which would have revealed a presence of a condition called May-Thurner Syndrome, treatment of which must begin within a week or two of the first symptoms to be effective. This occurred even though Kiley was informed by a specialist that the likely cause of George’s pain was May-Thurner Syndrome, a fact he did not share with George. George was discharged over his objection and continued to experience pain; Kiley never ordered an ultrasound or other procedure to determine whether the cause of the pain was May-Thurner Syndrome. In June 2008, George saw another…