Pierce Couch obtains unanimous defense verdict in medical-negligence jury trial

Pierce Couch partners Rusty Hendrickson (pictured right) and Jeffrey Hendrickson recently defended a local hospitalist team, including an internal medicine physician and nurse practitioner, in a medical-negligence jury trial in Oklahoma County District Court before Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons. Plaintiff alleged that the hospitalist team prematurely discharged a patient from the hospital, leading to the patient’s death several days later. During the seven-day jury trial, the defendants obtained directed verdicts on punitive damages, informed consent, loss-of-chance, and res ipsa loquitur. At the close of trial and following a jury demand of $10,000,000, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for the firm’s clients and co-defendant clients on Plaintiff’s negligence claim.