CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Earlier this month, thanks in large part to the efforts ofCharleston attorney Jim Lees, a Tennessee jury awarded a young couple almost $24 million in a medical malpractice case.
The verdict, which found a Memphis OB-GYN negligent for failing to order follow-up tests after a patient found a lump in her breast, is believed to be the highest medical malpractice award in that state's history.
But Lees thinks the jurors were thinking about more than money when they settled on $11.85 million for Courtney Hill and $11.75 million for her husband, Robert.
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