Jury awards $5 million to family in Jackson Hospital case
A jury last week awarded $5 million to the estate of a deceased woman as part of a verdict in a lawsuit against Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital.
The jury in Montgomery County Circuit Court deliberated about one hour and 45 minutes Friday before finding against the hospital in the case for the family of Alice Mae Reed.
Brett Turnbull of the Turnbull Law Firm and Andrew Moak of Alexander Shunnarah Personal Injury Lawyers worked the case for the plaintiffs.
The suit, filed back in October 2015, asserted that Reed was admitted to Jackson Hospital in August 2015. Her family said that the hospital failed to properly turn and reposition her in bed, causing her to contract a large and intense pressure ulcer on her lower back and upper left arm. According to the lawsuit, the ulcer caused her significant pain and suffering at the end of her life, as she remained largely bedridden. Reed died on Nov. 3, 2015.
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