After a Florida state court jury returned a $1 million verdict in a medical malpractice trial, the victim’s legal counsel asked the judge for an additur order over the lack of past and future medical expenses—and it worked.

“The verdict awarded future non-economic damages but no damages for non-economic in the past, which is inconsistent and inadequate, as is the award of only the noninsured portion of the past medical bills and a zero-dollar award for future medical damages,” Broward Circuit Judge Carol Lisa Phillips ruled in the order granting additur of more than $4.89 million.

Broward County Courthouse (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM) Broward County Courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM)

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