Nevada Urologist Faces Second Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Las Vegas urologist Michael Kaplan is once again the target of a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the widow of a former patient. Arlene Muller filed the medical malpractice lawsuit on July 24 against Dr. Kaplan, alleging that his negligence caused her husband’s death. Connie Mulick filed a similar suit in February against Dr. Kaplan. Both lawsuits allege that Dr. Kaplan perforated the patient’s bladder, resulting in extensive bleeding which contributed to the patients’ deaths.

Details of the Muller Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

The Muller medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that John Muller visited Dr. Kaplan in July 2014 after noticing blood in his urine. The suit alleges that the doctor “failed to perform a biopsy on Mr. Muller’s bladder” after a CT scan at a local hospital showed “the highly probable presence of cancer.” When Dr. Kaplan attempted to insert a catheter into Mr. Muller, the medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the doctor perforated the patient’s bladder. The perforation required that Mr. Muller undergo emergency surgery, which led to a kidney infection that “causally contributed” to his death.

Details of the Mulick Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Five months earlier, in February 2014, Edward Mulick also visited Dr. Kaplan. His widow has also filed a medical malpractice lawsuit claiming that Dr. Kaplan’s actions caused a bladder perforation that led to her husband’s death. Mr. Mulick was admitted to a local hospital for emergency surgery, during which surgeons found a bladder perforation. According to the medical malpractice lawsuit, the patient developed renal failure and his heart stopped, but he was resuscitated. He died on February 17, 2014. An autopsy determined the cause of death as complications from the bladder perforation.

Kaplan Faces Medical Malpractice Lawsuits and Criminal Charges

In addition to the medical malpractice lawsuits, Dr. Kaplan has also faced several criminal charges. In 2005, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners found him guilty of “performing surgery on the wrong side” of a patient and issued a public reprimand. In March 2011, the state suspended his medical license. In September 2014, he was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit adulteration due to his reuse of biopsy needle guides. He was sentenced in May 2015 to four years in federal prison, but is currently free pending his appeal.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

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