The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered a new process for the estate of a woman who was died from a pulmonary embolism after threatening information about her life running state not to their doctors.

In May 2005 was Tawanda Williams called a local radiologists for a sonogram calf after she their doctors at Kaiser Permanente calf pain reported. Radiologists, Vienna doctor Cong Le, interpreted the study and came to the conclusion that deep vein thrombosis, potentially life-threatening condition with blood clots one suffered in her leg of Williams. While dangerous, deep vein thrombosis treatment is very accessible.

According to the Supreme Court of Justice, released 6 June, 2008, Le reached an operator to Emperor and, to identify themselves and ask to speak with Dr. McClain, he was put on hold so long, that he at this moment "trust keep in touch with [Dr. McClain] lost." He said that he could leave a voice mail or speak with as a human being. Dr. Le testified that previously he had problems when communicating with the doctors at Emperor by phone. Dr. Le hung and a report to Dr. McClain faxed.

The information that Tawanda Williams life-threatening blood clots had not on traded from their doctor was and she died six days later.

The Virginia Supreme Court said that "the evidence without contradiction proved that the problems of communication in this case were started and set in motion by Dr. Le error, to make direct contact with Dr. McClain, a member of its team and Williams." Reversal of the Court of Justice decision, the jury to determine that Dr. Le was negligence "Cut off" by Dr. McClain failed to read the report, which was faxed had him, the Supreme Court ordered a new trial.

Benjamin W. glass, III, a lawyer representing the estate, said the case "that presents worst nightmare - a test a patient's is one shows condition that is life-threatening - but very treatable, but none of the doctors Act on the request." Dr. Le should again called and said he had the Emperor operator stats on his hands and he should also have Tawanda Williams and told her to get an emergency room have. "He had a bomb on his hands but he failed to communicate operator not the urgency of the situation to the emperor."

Glass and his advisors, Frank Kearney of Washington, D.C., expect that a new study will take place in the spring of 2009. Here, the Supreme Court's opinion.

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