Plaintiff Who Won $19.7M Med Mal Award Seeks New Punitive Damages Trial
The new request also comes after Bosworth parted ways with the renowned personal injury firm Kline & Specter, which had been involved in the Melendez case until Nov. 22, when name partner Shanin Specter, Charles Becker, Terrance DeAngelo and Ruxandra Laidacker sought to formally withdraw from the case.
December 28, 2022 at 01:00 PM
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Medical MalpracticeThree months after a Philadelphia jury handed up the state's largest medical malpractice verdict of the year, the plaintiff's attorney is now asking the trial court to allow for a new trial solely on the issue of punitive damages.
The defendants in the case, meanwhile, are seeking to have the nearly $20 million verdict be tossed based on the plaintiff's counsel's "repeated attempts to inflame the jury."
In late September, a Philadelphia jury faulted Dr. Gyi Mo, a defendant in Melendez v. Mo, for allegedly allowing a lesion on plaintiff Diana Melendez's spinal cord to go undiagnosed for more than four years, leaving her with leg spasms, incontinence and trouble walking. The jury awarded $19.7 million against the defendants, but also found 6% comparative negligence against Melendez.
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