$4.9M
Medical Malpractice
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Case Details
A 16-year-old boy suffered a brain injury from an infection, leading to permanent motor and cognitive loss, due to untimely diagnosis and treatment in the emergency room following an automobile accident.
Additional Notes
Jury awarded $4,945,000.00 in damages. Trial court applied statutory cap and reduced verdict to $3,191,534.00. Judgment affirmed on appeal. This case was appealed all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court and resulted in a historic decision in our favor which changed the law in Missouri with respect to how much money a plaintiff could receive in damages from a defendant in these types of cases. The case continues to be widely cited by courts and scholarly publications throughout the country.