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West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors Wednesday cleared a South Florida psychiatrist of responsibility for the brain damage a cardiologist says he suffered as the result of electroshock treatments the psychiatrist delivered without proper consent. Dadi v. Sharma, 2011CA16027.

Dr. Peter Breggin tells jurors he believes electroshock therapy caused Dr. Shaul Dadi's brain damage during trial against Dr. Praturi Sharma, the psychiatrist who oversaw the electroshock treatment. 

Nancy La Vista and Jamie Gursky deliver their opening statements at trial over Dr. Shaul Dadi's claims that electroconvulsive therapy overseen by psychiatrist Dr. Praturi Sharma damaged Dadi's brain.

West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida cardiologist suffered devastating brain damage from botched electroshock therapy, the cardiologist’s lawyer claimed as a $27 million trial began Thursday against the psychiatrist who oversaw the treatments. Dadi v. Sharma, 2011CA16027.

Arguing pain and suffering damages presents a unique problem to a plaintiffs' attorney: how to measure that amount in a way that resonates with jurors. In a wrongful death, medical malpractice trial, Henry Spiegel Milling's Philip Henry delivered a closing argument that led jurors to return an eight-figure award. Marion v. North Fulton Hospital. 

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Atlanta GA—The mother of an urban planner who suffered catastrophic, ultimately fatal, brain damage less than an hour after walking into an emergency room with breathing problems settled a claim against two of the ER doctors who treated her, ending trial in the case days after it began. Baker v. Dinerman, et al., 12EV015555.