$29 Million Award Reinstated By Illinois Federal Judge In Kidney Transplant Action

Mealey's (May 11, 2020, 7:20 PM EDT) -- BENTON, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge reinstated a $29,692,296 award on April 22 after the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals remanded for the lower court to address the issue of comparative negligence.  The judge concluded that a nurse practitioner failed to adequately educate a man about the severity of his hypertension, which eventually led to the need for a kidney transplant (Kevin Clanton v. United States, No. 15-124, S.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70664)....