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Verdicts & settlements September 18, 2006: Virginia jury awards $832K for death after gastric bypass.(Brief article)
Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff
A 28-year-old single mother of an 8-year-old, mentally disabled boy had laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery following years of trying diet and exercise without success. Although surgery proceeded uneventfully, she began demonstrating symptoms of an obstruction shortly after discharge. She was followed for about two and a half weeks, but ultimately the obstruction ruptured. After multiple surgeries and transfer to another hospital, the woman died.
Plaintiff alleged that the surgeons failed to recognize the significance of lab results and of upper GI series findings that indicated a ...
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