Switzer, Albright Obtain Defense Verdict in Medical Negligence Case
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP partner Joseph P. Switzer and associate Andrew J. Albright obtained a defense verdict in late June in a medical malpractice case in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Switzer and Albright represented a pain management physician alleged to have been negligent in connection with a epidural steroid injection that rendered the plaintiff a paraplegic. The plaintiffs requested the jury return a verdict in excess of $15 million. The jury returned a defense verdict after several hours of deliberation.