Litigation
Apr. 27, 2012
$74.5 million jury award is one of the largest of its kind
The San Luis Obispo jury award to a couple whose daughter's birth was mishandled, resulting in her developing cerebral palsy, could be one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in California history.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In what could be one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in California history, a San Luis Obispo jury has awarded $74.5 million to a couple whose daughter's birth was mishandled, resulting in her developing cerebral palsy.
The verdict, reached late Friday after a seven-week trial in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Charles S. Crandall, awarded the child, Sofia Blunt, $53 million for...
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