$4.6 Million Med-Mal Verdict Settled Before Court of Appeals Affirmed Verdict

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Philip Thomas

Last week I wrote about the Mississippi Court of Appeals affirming a $4,691,000 verdict against Baptist Hospital in a wrongful death case. I later heard that the case actually settled a few weeks before the Court issued its opinion. It's my understanding that the case settled for an amount in the neighborhood of $2.8 million.

The Court of Appeals docket shows that two days after the Court issued its opinion, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss appeal and a motion to vacate the Court's opinion.

 To review, here is the chronology:

  • 2000:                 alleged medical malpractice occurred
  • 2001:                 lawsuit filed
  • June 2009:          $4,691,000 verdict
  • late Nov. 2011:    case settled for approx. $2.8 million
  • Dec. 13, 2011:     Court of appeals affirmed verdict.
  • Dec. 15, 2011:     joint motion to vacate appeal.

It's interesting that Baptist settled the case 11 years after the incident occurred—but 2 weeks before the Court issued an opinion affirming the verdict.

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Richard Bowen - December 20, 2011 11:32 AM

Very interesting. Perhaps a little too interesting for comfort.

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