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Victim Awarded $3 Million in Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Posted on Jul 13, 2010
Though the cap on medical malpractice suits limits med mal awards to $1.5 million, a jury recently awarded one medical mistake victim $3 million. Shannon Taylor underwent a hysterectomy, a fairly common procedure. However, according to the suit the surgeon made serious mistakes that lead to others surgeries and possible life-long complications.
The complaint, filed in 2009, claims that Dr. Averill, a surgeon from Winchester Womancare, "negligently, grossly negligently, and recklessly breached her duty of care to the Plaintiff Taylor," during and after performing a laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy. Taylor suffered serious injuries directly caused by the surgeons' mistakes.
Soon after the initial surgery Taylor had to undergo another emergency surgery. The surgeons worked to remove sutures, repair the vaginal cuff and two or more lacerations in the anterior rectal wall. The jury found that these serious complications were caused by the negligence of Dr. Averill.
The attorneys at Tavss Fletcher would like to send our best wishes to Ms. Taylor. We hope that she is on her way to making a full recovery.
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