Texas Man Awarded $10 Million in Medication Injury Case

A Harris County jury has awarded a Texas man $10 million dollars in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Methodist Hospital.

John German went to the hospital for heart surgery. But after developing an infection, doctors were forced to amputate his left leg above the knee, the toes on his right foot, and his fingers on both hands.

German claims that the hospital staff failed to properly monitor him for blood disorders after prescribing him the blood thinner Heparin. German had an allergic reaction to the drug, causing his blood to clot instead of thin. As a result, blood was prevented from flowing to his extremities.

The jury agreed with German's claim that the nurses failed to recognize and treat his condition until it was too late.

German may be one of the last Texans to be awarded such a high settlement in a medical malpractice case. The Texas Torte Reform Law, passed in 2003, caps the amount of non-economic damages a patient can claim at $250,000.

German was awarded a multi-million dollar settlement because his case was filed before the law took effect.

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