{"id":3493,"date":"2017-04-25T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2019-04-08T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:13:08","slug":"14-9-million-jury-verdict-patient-paralyzed-negligently-administered-steroid-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/14-9-million-jury-verdict-patient-paralyzed-negligently-administered-steroid-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"$14.9 Million Jury Verdict For Patient Paralyzed by Negligently Administered Steroid Injection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado jury has signed its verdict for $14.9 million to a couple in Colorado. This medical negligence lawsuit alleged that an outpatient surgery center was negligent in administering a steroid that caused Robbin Smith&#8217;s paralysis from the waist down.<\/p>\n<p>The jury determined that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/denver\/business-reviews\/physicians-and-surgeons-sports-medicine\/the-surgery-center-at-lone-tree-llc-in-lone-tree-co-90224155\">The Surgery Center at Lone Tree LLC,<\/a> the defendant in the case, was negligent in treating Smith in 2013 by injecting a steroid called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/drugs\/2\/drug-9275\/kenalog-injection\/details\">Kenalog<\/a> in her spine despite the drug company&#8217;s warning. Two years before the injection was done, the drug maker of the steroid drug,\u00a0Kenalog announced that Kenalog should not be used for\u00a0epidural procedures as Smith was given.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado jury found that the surgery center\u2019s negligence and its choosing not to obtain Smith\u2019s informed consent to the steroid injection was a cause of her paralysis. This record-setting verdict was entered on March 23, 2017.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/14-9-million-jury-verdict-patient-paralyzed-negligently-administered-steroid-injection\/#more-3493\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado jury has signed its verdict for $14.9 million to a couple in Colorado. This medical negligence lawsuit alleged that an outpatient surgery center was negligent in administering a steroid that caused Robbin Smith&#8217;s paralysis from the waist down. 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