Meningitis and Invasive Infections

A Fast-Acting and Life-Threatening Disease

Prompt Treatment Saves Lives, Delayed Treatment Is Deadly

Untreated bacterial meningitis can kill within 24 hours. Attorney L. Bradley Schwartz nearly died when hospital staff failed to recognize clear signs of a meningococcal infection. Though he survived the delayed diagnosis, he lost all four limbs. Today, Mr. Schwartz advocates for victims and survivors, focusing his legal practice on patients whose symptoms were ignored.

Antibiotics and Response Time

When Doctors Delay, Patients Die 

When an invasive infection like meningitis enters the body, it can lead to septicemia, organ failure, brain damage, and death. Mr. Schwartz would not have lost his limbs had he received timely antibiotics. He viewed the emergency room's lack of care as grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit and now represents others who were denied appropriate attention.

Legal Liability for Delayed Diagnosis

Timing is Everything- Take it From an Attorney Who Knows

Despite arriving at the ER by ambulance with classic symptoms—headache, neck pain, and fatigue—Mr. Schwartz remained untreated for hours. He fell into a month-long coma as sepsis progressed into septic shock, eventually requiring the amputation of his hands and feet. This experience gave him rare insight into both the clinical details of delayed diagnosis and the resulting legal ramifications.