'Absolutely Appalling'...Supreme Court awards St Elizabeth woman over $10M in medical negligence case against gov’t

The Government has been ordered to pay more than $10 million in damages to a St Elizabeth woman over negligent medical care she allegedly received from a doctor at a public clinic in the parish, which left her in pain for months.

June Hyman was awarded $7.9 million in general damages, with interest at three per cent from August 2013 to September this year, and special damages of US$16,312 (approximately J$2.5 million) and $271,604 following an assessment of damages hearing in the Supreme Court on October 9.

The Supreme Court had previously handed down judgment in Hyman's favour on September 30 this year in a lawsuit she filed against the State for negligence.