{"id":5019,"date":"2019-12-12T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2019-12-08T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T21:14:50","slug":"state-appeals-court-reverses-verdict-in-anesthesiology-malpractice-case-that-caused-paralysis-based-on-jury-selection-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-appeals-court-reverses-verdict-in-anesthesiology-malpractice-case-that-caused-paralysis-based-on-jury-selection-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"State Appeals Court Reverses Verdict After Jury Selection Bias in Anesthesiology Malpractice Case That Resulted in Paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zulma Unzueta appealed from a judgment entered after a jury trial in favor of the defendant Asmik Akopyan, M.D., on Unzueta\u2019s action for medical malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Akopyan served as the anesthesiologist during the birth of Unzueta\u2019s child, after which Unzueta\u2019s right leg was permanently paralyzed.  <\/p>\n<p>The jury found Dr. Akopyan breached the duty of care she owed Unzueta, but the breach did not cause the plaintiff\u2019s paralysis.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-appeals-court-reverses-verdict-in-anesthesiology-malpractice-case-that-caused-paralysis-based-on-jury-selection-bias\/#more-5019\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zulma Unzueta appealed from a judgment entered after a jury trial in favor of the defendant Asmik Akopyan, M.D., on Unzueta\u2019s action for medical malpractice. Dr. Akopyan served as the anesthesiologist during the birth of Unzueta\u2019s child, after which Unzueta\u2019s right leg was permanently paralyzed. The jury found Dr. Akopyan breached the duty of care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,86,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anesthesiology-errors","category-jury-selection","category-labor-delivery-negligence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Appeals Court Reverses Verdict After Jury Selection Bias in Anesthesiology Malpractice Case That Resulted in 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