Defense Verdict: Collier County, Florida (Medical Malpractice)
Naples Partners, Ashley Withers and Kevin Crews, and Naples Associate, Lindsey Grossman, obtained a complete defense verdict in a medical malpractice trial in Collier County, Florida.
They represented a hospital and an employed general surgeon in this matter, that involved allegations of a failed hernia surgery utilizing mesh. Plaintiff alleged multiple counts of negligence against our clients throughout her admission and surgery, and further claimed that this negligence ultimately resulted in her sustaining irreversible, catastrophic damage to her abdomen.
Most of Plaintiff’s claims were dropped or precluded by the Court as a result of extensive motion practice by the defense prior to trial, leaving only one remaining negligence claim to be tried. Plaintiff utilized their subsequent treating surgeon as their expert at trial, and Plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury for $2.5 million in closing arguments. The jury returned a complete defense verdict in just over an hour.