A Fulton County jury cleared a hand surgeon of liability after he was accused of cutting a dentist’s nerve during an operation and leaving his left hand twisted into a “claw.”

Defense attorney Heather McGrotty, who defended the case with Weathington McGrew partner Paul Weathington, said plaintiffs lawyers had asked for lost past and future wages up to $4.7 million in closing, along with non-economic damages “north of $6 million without them saying that number.”

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