Some examples of common monetary awards for health care malpractice awarded in jury trials by juries are listed below. Which is not necessarily correct?
a. vision loss—$8 million
b. wrongful death (pulmonary embol-ism)—$5 million
c. microcephaly in newborn—$17 million
d. brachial plexus injury—$52 million
D
Medical malpractice cases can be settled out of court or can go to trial where they are subject to the decision of the jury. Some examples of monetary awards by jury trial in health care cases include: 1) vision loss—$8 million; 2) wrongful death (pulmonary embolism)—$5 million; 3) microcephaly in newborn—$17 million; and 4) brachial plexus injury—$13.3 million (not $52 million).
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