Mass. Jury Awards $14.5M in Surgery Malpractice Case

March 5, 2008

A Bay State jury has awarded $14.5 million to the family of a 30-year-old Chelmsford, Mass. woman who died one day after undergoing thyroid surgery at Brockton Hospital.

The lawyer for Shannyn MacPherson’s husband said she developed uncontrolled bleeding that resulted from air trapped in her abdomen.

Attorney Robert Higgins said the Superior Court jury found the lead surgeon, Dr. John Ambrosino, negligent and responsible for MacPherson’s death in May 2001. A second surgeon, Dr. Julie White, was also found negligent, but not responsible for the death.

Abrosino’s lawyer, Martin Foster, would not comment on Monday’s verdict or say whether his client planned to appeal.

Higgins said the verdict was “bittersweet” for MacPherson’s husband, Brad.

The award includes about $5 million in interest.

Topics Massachusetts

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  • March 6, 2008 at 3:11 am
    Family Member says:
    For those of you that did not read the entire article (some papers only posted a paragraph), the doctor that performed the surgery had NEVER treated this condition on a thyroi... read more
  • March 6, 2008 at 3:10 am
    Nobody says:
    To lastbat, try reading one of the other many articles written about this lawsuit. In the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, it clearly stated that the surgeon had never per... read more
  • March 6, 2008 at 2:42 am
    Mary B. says:
    Who cares if it was a family member or not, emotion does not belong in the Court system. Using that type of logic is so tired and just doesn't apply. I will still judge these ... read more

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