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Professional Liability
Egeonu v. Defendant Physician
Client:
Synopsis:Defendant Physician
Outcome:Defense Verdict
A 47-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room in severe respiratory distress. After unsuccessful efforts to intubate her, she suffered cardiac arrest, with resulting brain damage, leaving her in a permanent vegetative state.
Defense contended that fulminant pulmonary edema would have resulted in arrest even with successful intubation.
Plaintiff sought $30 million. The jury returned a defense verdict.