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Medical Malpractice Pain and Suffering Verdict Reduced on Appeal

By John Hochfelder on November 10, 2016
Posted in Medical Malpractice

On a summer day in 2004, Robert Wyble was pushing a lawnmower when his legs suddenly “gave out” and he fell to the ground. It happened again about a month later and then frequently in 2005.

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 15: A worker mows strips of grass in front of the Chancellery with a lawn mower on June 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Germany is currently enjoying summer weather replete with thunderstorms alternating with blue skies. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Mr. Wyble, then a 42 year old self-employed landscaper, consulted a neurologist who diagnosed his condition as myasthenia …

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