Jury Forces Hospital in Georgia to Pay a Mother Nearly $40 Million After Her Son Dies During Heart Transplant

A DeKalb County jury has ordered Emory University Hospital to pay a Georgia mother more than $30 million.

That amount is one of the highest figures the hospital has ever had to pay for a medical malpractice case.

Attorneys say medical staff overlooked a critical scan that could have saved the life of that woman’s 20-year-old son who was undergoing a heart transplant.

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