Juries Hand Down Sizeable Awards in Med-Mal Cases
Juries in Indiana have awarded plaintiffs $1.21 million and $5 million in two medical malpractice cases, the Indianapolis Star reports. The verdicts stem from cases involving an unnecessary foot surgery and a miscommunication about X-rays which caused the plaintiff to lose a portion of her stomach. Awards of this size are rare in the state, the newspaper says, and will be reduced because of caps on medical malpractice awards.

