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Dallas Malpractice Attorney: Jury Awards $7M In Medical Malpractice Case

By Jeff Rasansky

pA jury has brought back a verdict in a Westchester County Medical Center case, awarding $7 million dollars to a family in a medical malpractice case. Theresa Capwell was a mother of three who suffered severe brain damage and later passed away after medical professionals failed to diagnose her inflammed pancreas, according to her attorney, Judith Livingston./p pLivingston says that after the doctors failed to diagnose the condition, they still had several opportunities to save Capwell. A White Plains jury returned the verdict against the medical center to Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Colabella after a 3 week trial and 24 hours of deliberations. It awarded $3 million to Capwells three daughters and $4 million to her husband./p pLivingston claimed that Capwell was admitted to the hospital with symptoms that clearly indicated pancreatitis, but doctors looked for cancer that simply did not exist for two weeks. As a result, Capwell was placed on a breathing machine. The breathing machine caused a buildup of air in her lungs, preventing her lungs from expanding and contracting, therefore preventing oxygen intake. /p pSeveral doctors ordered a chest tube to help her breath, but it was never done. As a result Capwell ended up going into cardiac arrest and her brain went without oxygen for 12 minutes. She died a year later after living in a completely incapacitated state./p pThe medical center released a statement that said they will file a motion to appeal the verdict./p pSource: www.nydailynews.com/pa href="http://dallas.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/dallas-malpractice-attorney-jury-awards-7m-in-medical-malpractice-case.aspx?googleid=253692"Originally posted/a at a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"InjuryBoard/a by a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/member-profiles/Jeff-Rasansky"Jeff Rasansky/a

Full post as published by Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).