A DeKalb County jury has awarded $17.5 million to a young man and his parents, who claimed Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University and several medical staffers were responsible for brain damage that occurred after the man was treated for a gunshot wound.
The verdict was in the range requested by the plaintiffs’ lawyers, which said settlement talks stalled with their asking for $5 million and the defendants offering $700,000.
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