A jury in North Bay, Ontario has awarded a family more than$1 million following a medical malpractice. The family of Ronald Hotte filedsuit against a registered nurse at North Bay and District Hospital.

The family’s lawyer said in a release that a six personjury, deliberating for less than four hours, found that the registered nursefailed to administer a blood thinner to Hotte who died at the hospital May 8,2003.

The release explained “the blood thinner had been ordered bythe surgeon who performed Hotte’s abdominal surgery on May 3, 2003…Five dayslater, Hotte died of a pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot that dislodgedfrom the deep veins in his leg and travelled to his lungs.”

The jury awarded the Hotte family $778,000 in damages, andSuperior Court Justice Norman Karam awarded the family another $276,000 forlegal costs.

If you or someone you know has been the victim of medicalmalpractice, please contact the Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers ofLowenthal & Abrams by calling 215-329-3511.