Failure to properly diagnose heart attack leads to need for transplant

A woman recently sued three physicians for medical malpractice and negligence in New Mexico. She claimed they failed to properly diagnose her heart condition from a heart attack. The evidence suggested that she would probably need a heart transplant in the future. The jury awarded $ 9 million. A New Mexico jury has awarded a local woman $9 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against three doctors who failed to diagnose her heart attack in November 2006. In Maryland, like New Mexico, there would be a cap on non economic damages. This means that regardless of the amount of the jury award, it would be reduced to the cap if the award exceeded the cap.Read more about medical malpractice here.