Edward V. Ricci, an associate at West Palm Beach law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, helped a client secure a $4.9 million award in a medical malpractice suit in Polk County.

A jury ordered the seven-figure verdict in July in favor of Samuel Gray, a then-61 year-old Polk County resident who had his leg amputated while under the care of Dr. Panagiotis Iakovidis in January 2013.