A Montgomery County jury awarded $12.7 million to a woman who was left brain damaged after doctors allegedly too quickly removed her breathing tube at the conclusion of her tonsillectomy.
The verdict is the second largest medical malpractice verdict in Montgomery County in the more than 20 years since Legal sibling publication PaLaw has been tracking verdict and settlement data. A jury in 2006 awarded $20 million to a boy who was left blind after doctors failed to diagnose and repair a retinal injury the boy was born with.
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