Medical Malpractice (Spinal Cord injury)
VERDICT: $2,746,800 (Gross); $1,110,000 (Net-after MICRA reductions)

Plaintiff had right shoulder pain and arm weakness due to arthritis in the neck ("cervical spondylosis"). He went to defendant neurosurgeon for anterior discectomy and fusion. Two hours post-operatively, was noted to have weakness in upper arm, with inability to lift it over his head. The paralysis, with residual pain, was permanent.