A team of metro Atlanta lawyers has secured a $5 million medical-malpractice award for a couple after the husband suffered serious injuries, including life-lasting brain impairment, during a minor procedure in 2016.

In a trial in Fulton County State Court before Tifton Judicial Circuit Senior Judge Larry Mims, a jury on Aug. 26 awarded $4 million to Jonathan David “John” Dorsey and $1 million to his wife, Joy Dorsey. The couple sued Star Smith Kepner, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), and Greater Anesthesia Services, the company that employed her.

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