SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Texas couple is suing Mercy Springfield, a physician and a registered nurse after their son died in a Mercy emergency room in 2024.
The lawsuit, filed on Feb. 2, 2026, alleges the hospital, Dr. Patrick Craddock and Kimberly Wilkerson APRN of medical malpractice and wrongful death after George Lubrano died on Dec. 16, 2024.
In the suit, Lubrano’s parents say their son George, a Type 1 Diabetic with an insulin pump and a Dexcom continuous glucose monitor, arrived at the ER around 1:30 p.m. with complaints of “vomiting, lower back spasms, and a critically high blood sugar over 500.”…