Medical residents applied a heat-activated plaster splint directly to the plaintiff's broken leg without placing cotton insulation on the skin. Instead, residents put the insulation on the outside of the splint, creating a thermos effect which caused s — Clifford Law Offices
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02/06/2003 Robert A. Clifford
 Timothy S. Tomasik
 		$3,500,000 Settlement

Medical residents applied a heat-activated plaster splint directly to the plaintiff's broken leg without placing cotton insulation on the skin.  Instead, residents put the insulation on the outside of the splint, creating a thermos effect which caused severe burns and infection.