Jury Awards $29.5 Million to Family of Actress Who Suffered Brain Damage Due to EMS Negligence
A jury has awarded a family $29.5 million in a lawsuit that alleged their daughter sustained brain damage after MedicWest negligently failed to manage their daughter's anaphylactic shock. According to the news report, the adult daughter accidentally consumed peanut butter, to which she is highly allergic. The woman did not know the pretzels she had consumed had peanut butter in them. The EMS service, MedicWest Ambulance, was the service provider at the event. The woman sustained a lack of oxygen to her brain under MedicWest Ambulance's care for a few minutes causing terrible consequences.