Judge Reduces Largest Punitive Jury Award in a Minnesota Malpractice Case from $110 Million to $10 Million

A federal judge has rejected a $110 million jury award in a Minnesota medical malpractice case, calling it “shockingly excessive” and reducing it to $10 million.

In what was by far the largest award of its kind in Minnesota, a Minneapolis federal jury in May 2022 granted college student Anuj Thapa $111.3 million in damages, including $110 million for pain and suffering.

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