A decades-long losing streak for medical malpractice plaintiffs in a northwestern Pennsylvania court broke last week when a jury awarded $3.25 million to a man who claimed his doctors’ negligent care lost him his foot.

The June 28 verdict marked the first time a plaintiff has won in a medical malpractice trial in McKean County since at least 2000, according to Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts data and local court administration.

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