A Philadelphia jury has handed up an award of $5 million to the family of a woman who died after she was allegedly prematurely discharged from the Albert Einstein Medical Center following a gallbladder removal surgery.
The jury awarded the damages to the family of Janette Lambert on July 21 in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Mary Colins’ courtroom, finding the hospital 90 percent liable for her death and her treating doctor 10 percent liable. The damages included $4.6 million for wrongful death and $400,000 under the Pennsylvania Survival Act.
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