$3.37M Paid by Three Doctors to Comatose Patient
On November 4, 2005, a wife of a man that has been in a coma for over 4 years has agreed on a $3.37M settlement from the three doctors who treated him. Having arrived at the Jersey City Medical Center on December 29, 2000, with difficulty breathing and dizziness, Milton Bouhoutsos was taken off the respirator he was on by a fifth year resident and placed on doses of sedatives. Due to this medical malpractice, he fell into a coma on January 1, 2001.
The plaintiff’s argument estimated $5 million in life care treatment as well as damages to his loss of enjoyment of life and for loss of consortium by Chrysoula Bouhoutsos, his wife. $2.375M was awarded to the Bouhoutsos from resident Michelle O’Shea and $500,000 each from attending physicians, David Ford and Phillip Lisagor.
- Henry Gottlieb, New Jersey Law Journal
