The Nugents’ lawyer, Vito Cannavo, told The Post, “Ms. Nugent went through a horrific ordeal and she handled it with great dignity and strength.”
“We are gratified that the jury recognized what she went through and compensated her and husband accordingly.”
The jurors — four women and two men — found that Serur departed “from good and accepted medical practice” when he botched the surgery and then failed to identify the problem and repair it, according to a jury verdict sheet.
The jurors awarded Nugent $6.5 million for past and future suffering and another $3.5 million to her husband for the past and future loss of consortium — or intimacy — with his wife. The couple filed the suit in 2019.
The hospital was not a party at trial after the Nugents agreed to dismiss it from the case.
Serur’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.
Read the full story on The Post: https://nypost.com/2021/12/03/staten-island-couple-win-10-million-in-malpractice-suit/