I blogged last month about a defense malpractice verdict in Towson, Maryland in a colonoscopy case. I stumbled upon an old verdict report from Baltimore City in a colonoscopy case where the Plaintiff was awarded $390,481 for a circumferential tear of the sigmoid colon.
The Plaintiff, a 59 year-old custodian, had a routine in office colonoscopy where she nearly total circumferential tear of her sigmoid colon. She was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital for immediate surgery. She incurred over $40,000 in medical bills and was required to use of a colostomy bag for approximately five months and had to have a second surgery to reverse the colostomy and remove the bag.
Obviously, not a huge verdict in a malpractice lawsuit in Maryland. But the jury may have been swayed on damages by the fact that as serious as the injuries were, the Plaintiff thankfully made a full recovery.
The Plaintiff, a 59 year-old custodian, had a routine in office colonoscopy where she nearly total circumferential tear of her sigmoid colon. She was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital for immediate surgery. She incurred over $40,000 in medical bills and was required to use of a colostomy bag for approximately five months and had to have a second surgery to reverse the colostomy and remove the bag.
Obviously, not a huge verdict in a malpractice lawsuit in Maryland. But the jury may have been swayed on damages by the fact that as serious as the injuries were, the Plaintiff thankfully made a full recovery.
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