A $5.1 million verdict has been awarded by a Montgomery County jury to a woman who was injected with the wrong medication during nasal surgery, causing her to suffer cardiac arrest and sustain brain injuries as a result.
The Montgomery County jury handed up the $5.1 million verdict to Jacqueline DiTore and her husband in DiTore v. Zager. The jury found defendants Dr. Warren H. Zager and Abington Surgical Center (ASC) 38.5 percent and 61.5 percent negligent, respectively. All defendants other than Zager, his practice group and ASC were dismissed from the case before trial.
