It wasn’t about the money, which doesn’t keep the lawyer from complaining that the award was too low:
A jury found a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital liable yesterday for the death of the sports journalist Dick Schaap after hip replacement surgery and awarded his family $1.95 million in compensatory damages….
His family had sought $21 million.
“This case was never about the money,” his widow, Trish, said after the verdict….
[Attorney Thomas Moore, who represents the family of the 67-year-old Schaap], also expressed some disappointment with the jury’s monetary award, saying it failed to consider Mr. Schaap’s future earnings. “He was at the zenith of his career when he died,” he said.
A lawyer for the defendant cardiologist, meanwhile, takes strenuous exception to the verdict against his client, contending it was based on erroneous science. (Andrew Jacobs, “Jury Awards Family $1.95 Million in Dick Schaap’s Death”, New York Times, Jul. 2). More: don’t miss Ted’s comments above, and welcome KevinMD readers.
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