A Union County jury returned a $20 million verdict in a medical malpractice suit, Tapia v. Alam, on Oct. 24, though the plaintiff is to recover $6 million due to the jury’s allocation of 70 percent of the fault to a defendant who settled confidentially before trial.
The jury issued the $20 million verdict against two doctors in a suit claiming their failure to promptly treat fetal distress resulted in the birth of an infant with cerebral palsy.
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