Legal Opinion
Faggins v. Fischer
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 2004No. 01-CV-1328PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.*
At the first trial of this survival action for medical malpractice, the jury found *134that the defendant, David J. Fischer, M.D., negligently administered excessive amounts of anti-psychotic medication to Frederick Moten, the twenty-seven-year-old son of the plaintiff, Julia Faggins,1 thus causing Moten’s death from neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). The jury awarded Ms. Faggins $1,600,000 in compensatory damages for Moten’s alleged pain and suffering. Counsel for Dr. Fischer filed a post-trial motion for a new trial pursuant to Super. Ct. Civ. R. 59. The trial judge granted the…
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