A $7.5 million jury award, slashed to $3.5 million due to capping, goes to Melodie Dickerson for a leaking hole in her bowel left after colon surgery.<\/p>\n
The trial took two weeks from start to finish and the jury handed down a very large medical malpractice award of $7.5 million, a figure that is to be reduced to $3.5 million due to capping. Lawsuit caps may only be overridden if a jury finds a physician was grossly negligent, acted with malice when the patient was harmed, reckless or acted fraudulently.<\/p>\n
Her lawsuit was filed against surgeon Andrew Morfesis of the Owen Drive Surgical Clinic in Fayetteville, alleging he left her with a leaking hole in her bowels, caused during colon surgery in 2010.<\/p>\n
Dickerson was extremely ill after the initial surgery, being plagued by recurring and severe infections, eventually tracked back to a hole in her bowel. She remained in hospital for over four (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A $7.5 million jury award, slashed to $3.5 million due to capping, goes to Melodie Dickerson for a leaking hole in her bowel left after colon surgery. The trial took two weeks from start to finish and the jury handed…<\/span><\/p>\n