7th Circuit Vacates Award For Ruling On Kidney Transplant Patient’s Own Negligence

Mealey's (November 19, 2019, 9:17 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 7 vacated a $29.6 million award to a man who required a kidney transplant after a nurse practitioner failed to adequately educate him about the severity of his hypertension.  It remanded for a determination of whether he bore any responsibility for his condition (Kevin Clanton v. United States, No. 18-3060, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33317)....