Posted On: February 16, 2007
Jury awards $21.5 million for wrongful death
"A jury on Tuesday awarded $21.5 million to the family of a Newport woman, concluding that the 34-year-old mother of three died after receiving negligent care from an emergency room doctor. The verdict represents the largest jury award in Rhode Island since at least 1999, when Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly began tracking that information, Managing Editor Jason M. Scally said. The previous high was the $18.9 million awarded in 2002 to a Pawtucket woman injured in a car accident, he said."
Edwards Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal 2/08/07
http://www.projo.com/news/content/8_jury_verdict_02-08-07_5R4B1N1.1a8ac32.html
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