Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Credit: Jeffrey M. Vinocur via Wikimedia Commons
A jury handed up a $14 million verdict Monday against two Philadelphia hospitals for fatally botching the intubation of a 4-year-old patient.
The jurors determined that the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the sole defendant at trial, held most of the responsibility (67%) for Samuel Munoz’s death at an Einstein Medical Center satellite hospital in Elkins Park. Einstein, meanwhile, was only 33% liable, the jury found.
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