A Lancaster County jury has handed up an $8.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice case for an 8-year-old boy who developed severe neurological defects after an incident at a pediatric care facility.
A jury voted 10-2 in Yanak v. Cambridge Pediatrics Lancaster on Aug. 5 in Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge Margaret C. Miller’s courtroom. The verdict included $100,000 in past noneconomic damages, $310,000 in future noneconomic damages, and $8 million in future medical expenses spread over the next 44 years, as well as $60,346 in past medical expenses.
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