Attorney obtained a defense verdict after seven minutes of jury deliberations in a week long medical malpractice trial

Attorney obtained a defense verdict after seven minutes of jury deliberations in a week long medical malpractice trial. Plaintiff alleged multiple deviations from the standard of care against a defendant surgeon, including failing to review his records from an earlier procedure prior to subjecting the patient to the same surgery several years later, and failing to order the recognized standard testing (ERCP, MRCP) prior to undertaking the second procedure. Although chances of success at trial were deemed to be minimal (no greater than 35%), the defendant surgeon refused to consent to settle. After a week long trial which included a successful cross examination of the plaintiff's expert and direct examination of the defense expert, summations were conducted. Within seven minutes of the commencement of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.