Following a day-and-a-half trial, a Douglas County jury awarded $2.6 million to a woman who went to the hospital in 2013 to have an infected finger examined, only to fall from a wheelchair and break a leg while there.

The trial judge originally threw the case out, but it was reinstated by the Georgia Court of Appeals. Plaintiffs attorney Michael Goldberg said he thought the defense may have been overconfident in their case because of that.