Legal Opinion
Watts ex rel. Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 31, 2012No. SC 91867PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Chief Justice.
Deborah Watts filed the underlying medical malpractice action alleging that her son, Naython Watts, was born with disabling brain injuries because Cox Medical Centers and its associated physicians (collectively, Cox) provided negligent health care services. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Watts and awarded $1.45 million in non-economic damages and $3.371 million in future medical damages. The trial court entered a judgment reducing Watts’ non-economic damages to $350,000 as required by section 538.210.1 The judgment also established a periodic…
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