Erin Hess and Samuel Meadows Secure Unanimous Defense Verdict in Favor of Emergency Medicine Doctor

The case involved a 17-year-old patient with Down Syndrome who passed away after presenting to the ER with respiratory difficulties and behavioral changes. The plaintiff claimed negligence in providing life saving supportive care and ventilation, attributing the patient’s death to anoxic brain injury rather than pneumonia, ARDS, and sepsis.

After a 10-day trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of our client.