Jean Fitzgerald has filed a medical negligence complaint against the Medical Center Radiology Group of Drs. Curry, Harding, George, and Eliscu, P.A. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida on May 23, 2024.

The complaint stems from an incident on February 18, 2022, when Jean Fitzgerald visited the emergency department at Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida after fracturing her left leg in a fall. During her evaluation, x-rays were taken and sent to radiologist Dr. Alexander J. Fernandez for interpretation. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Fernandez failed to identify and report a lateral tibial plateau fracture and lipohemarthrosis present on the x-rays.

Fitzgerald’s legal team argues that this oversight led to an undiagnosed evolving compartment syndrome which resulted in permanent injury to her left leg. The plaintiff asserts that this failure constitutes medical negligence under Florida Statutes Chapter 766 and that all conditions precedent to bringing this action have been met or waived.