Verdict Against Strong Raises Med Mal Questions
Daily Record (Rochester, NY) › May 30, 2008
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A $17.5 million verdict against Strong Memorial Hospital this week indicates that in spite of calls for tort reform in medical malpractice cases, jurors remain willing to hold institutions liable when a patient is injured.
In this case, a Henrietta woman with a transplanted pancreas claimed the hospital botched her Caesarian section, damaging her internal organs and causing the transplant to fail.See the full content of this document
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Verdict Against Strong Raises Med Mal Questions
After a three-week trial a Rochester jury deliberated for seven days in the case of Schenk v. University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, Ind. No. 10996/04, before finding the hospital liable...
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