$12.5 Million Awarded By Georgia Jury To Man For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 9:23 PM EDT) -- MACON, Ga. — A Georgia jury awarded $12.5 million on Feb. 13 to a man who needed half of his jawbone removed after developing a serious complication from radiation to treat cancerous cells that spilled into his neck during surgery to remove a mass.  The surgeon admitted that he failed to read an MRI report suggesting that the mass was cancerous (Forrest David Reise v. ENT Center of Central Georgia, et al., No. 83845, Ga. State, Bibb Co.)....