A Manatee County jury awarded $22 million to a 31-year-old Englewood woman in a medical malpractice suit. Kyrra Casey, a Presidential Scholar and former Bradenton Herald newspaper staff reporter, is suffering brain damage and now functions at a 10-year-old level due to improper medical treatment and nursing care. Casey's Venice attorney, Geoffrey D. Morris, said her chances for improvement are bleak.
Posted by Editor at November 5, 2003 10:16 AM