Chicago Partner Charles Cole recently secured a complete defense verdict for a doctor client in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff sought more than $28 million.
A jury in York County, South Carolina, quickly returned the verdict following a two-week trial in the case, titled Shore v. Gajurel.
The plaintiff, who had been admitted to a hospital for several complex medical conditions, claimed she became malnourished while under the defendant's care. She claimed that malnourishment caused her to develop a condition called Wernicke's syndrome, which then transformed into Korsakoff's syndrome, a permanent significant brain injury causing severe disability and a need for 24/7 care.
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