$109.7 Million Award To Quadruple Amputee Thrown Out By Florida Appeals Court

(June 8, 2020, 7:12 PM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — A Florida appeals court on May 22 threw out a $109.7 million jury award to a woman who lost her hands and feet to necrotizing fasciitis following complications from surgery to remove an ovarian cyst.  It reversed and remanded for a fourth trial, holding that lower court errors prevented the defendant from presenting its causation defense (Board of Trustees of the University of South Florida v. Lisa-Maria Carter, No. 2D18-1219, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 7062)....

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