The state Supreme Court has revived a $27.6 million verdict awarded to a woman who had to undergo four additional surgeries after taping a promotional video to demonstrate the success of her initial double knee-replacement surgery.
A deeply divided court ruled 3-2 Tuesday to reinstate the verdict for Margo Polett and her husband, finding the trial court properly barred a tolling agreement between the Poletts and Margo Polett’s treating physician from the trial against the manufacturer of the synthetic knee and the communications company that produced the video.
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