Case Result

$2M

Wrongful Death

1999
Trial Verdict
Petersburg, VA

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Case Details

Jury verdict for a teacher who died at Southside Regional Medical Center because an emergency physician failed to diagnose a flesh-eating bacterial infection.

Additional Notes

Jury verdict of $2.045 million, reduced to $1 million due to statutory cap. Believed to be the largest wrongful death, medical malpractice verdict ever returned by a Petersburg jury. Cuthbert Law Offices appealed the constitutionality of the cap.

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