Case Result

$4.9M

Medical Malpractice

2020
Trial Verdict
Southfield, MI

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Case Details

Wrongful Death Verdict for Failure to Obtain Informed Consent for Heart Surgery. The patient, then 68 years old, presented to William Beaumont Hospital on February 17, 2020, for an elective open-heart surgery. The plaintiff argued that the surgeon failed to inform the patient of the alternative TAVR procedure. The jury found the defendants’ medical negligence was a cause of the decedent’s untimely death.

Additional Notes

Jury verdict after an eight-day trial. Patient died from complications after cardiac surgery due to lack of informed consent regarding alternative, less invasive procedure (TAVR).

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