A Georgia jury last week slapped five doctors, eight other health professionals and three rehabilitation organizations with a $1.3 million verdict for falsely imprisoning a Jacksonville, Fla., physician in an alcoholism recovery program he maintained he didn't need. On Monday, the same disapproving Georgia Superior Court jury was ready to decide punitive damages when the two sides settled. The defendants were covered by the settlement, but won't say who paid what.
May 12, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
For the several medical defendants it must have been a weekend of acutediscomfort.
A jury Friday had already hit them with a $1.3 million verdict for falselyimprisoning a Jacksonville, Fla., physician in an alcoholism recoveryprogram he maintained he didn’t need. On Monday, the same disapprovingDeKalb Superior Court jury would get to lay into them for punitive damages.
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