Jefferson v. Mercy Hospital & Medical Center

¶ 1 Defendant, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center (Mercy), appeals from a jury *176 verdict in favor of plaintiff, Joi Jefferson, in the amount of $22,185,598.50. This case began as a medical malpractice action by plaintiff's mother, Jeanette Turner, who alleged that due to the negligence of Mercy's nurses and doctors, a clot occluded her tracheostomy tube and caused respiratory arrest, ultimately resulting in permanent brain damage. After the case was submitted to the jury, but before a verdict was returned, Jeanette died and plaintiff was appointed as special representative of her estate to…