Gregory v. Carey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

On October 28, 1985, Mark Marquette sustained catastrophic brain damage while being prepared for knee surgery. He has since been in a persistent vegetative state — a state of “wakeful unresponsiveness” — from which he does not visibly react and will never completely recover. Charlotte Gregory brought this action as Marquette’s guardian and conservator. After extensive pretrial discovery, defendants admitted liability and the case *505went to trial on the sole issue of damages. The jury returned the following verdict:

Present value of future…