Alberta girl awarded damages in lawsuit over infection leading to quadruple amputation

Alberta Family Awarded Nearly $16.5 Million in Lawsuit Alleging Lack of Medical Care for Toddler Leading to Quadruple Amputation

An Alberta family has been awarded $16.5 million in damages in a lawsuit over the medical care and treatment of their toddler who ended up becoming a quadruple amputee, with the child’s parents alleging the professionals failed to address a bacterial infection in time. The girl is now 15 and was identified in court documents as KB. She was first admitted into a Grande Prairie hospital on Feb. 19, 2011, when she was 11 months old. She was diagnos…

Alberta quadruple amputee teen gets landmark $17-million award

Grande Prairie quadruple amputee teen wins multimillion-dollar settlement after court finds medical malpractice when she was a baby.

Alberta girl awarded damages in lawsuit over infection leading to quadruple amputation

The Alberta girl, identified in a court decision only by the initials KB, suffered irreversible damage to her limbs as a baby due to complications from a bacterial infection. Doctors had to amputate her right hand, different parts of four fingers on her left hand and both her legs.

Grande Prairie quadruple amputee teen gets landmark $17-million award

A photo of KB in full Oilers regalia and sporting Oilers face paint, with a smile that lights up her bright eyes, tells a world about the irrepressible young woman she has become.