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Punitive damage awards come up only occasionally in medical malpractice cases because punitive damages are only awarded to “penalize, punish, or deter” a defendant. Doctors are typically trying to help but make mistakes out of ignorance, fatigue, or even sloth … Continue reading
It’s happened again. Bryanna Baker, then 24-years old, became a cardiac cripple in need of a heart transplant because her heart attack was misdiagnosed. This week a Las Vegas jury awarded her $9 million, but because of a legislative cap … Continue reading
Sometimes the practice of law takes up so much of my time that I don’t get to blog. But I’ve resurfaced now and two interesting verdicts have come out recently. Hospital to New York’s rich and famous, Lenox Hill, lost … Continue reading
A former cop in Terre Haute Indiana, Jeffrey W. Davis, just won a $2.5 million medical malpractice verdict. But, the judge has no choice and must take half of the verdict away. Davis was 35 in 2004 when he went … Continue reading
I’ve just gotten through two of the toughest weeks in my career. I was in four cities, not including Atlanta, in four days doing depositions and then worked through the weekend and Monday getting pleadings out to meet a deadline. … Continue reading
A Birmingham Alabama jury awarded the family of Laboyish Catlin $3 million last Friday (February 11, 2011.) Mr. Catlin, then 37, bled to death in January 2006 a few days after ulcer surgery at Baptist Princeton Hospital. Essentially, the jury … Continue reading
