A Middlesex County jury awarded $4.25 million on Nov. 17 to a woman who claimed her face was left partially paralyzed after doctors failed to diagnose a tumor of the salivary gland.
But the payout in the case, Jordan v. Lam, will be roughly $3.2 million because the jury attributed 25 percent of the damages to the plaintiff’s pre-existing condition.
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