Mercer v. Vanderbilt

Mar 30, 2003

OUTCOME: $7,000,000

Patient’s sister, as conservator for patient, brought medical malpractice action against hospital, nurse, and respiratory therapist, alleging that their negligent treatment of patient during CT scan p ... rocedure, including failure to monitor patient during procedure, resulted in patient’s cardiac arrest, which resulted in severe and permanent brain damage that left patient in persistent vegetative state.