BREAKING: Nevada Jury Awards $29.5M Following In-Person Trial Over EMT Company s Allegedly Negligent Treatment Of Severe Peanut Allergy
CVN screenshot of plaintiff s attorney Christian Morris delivering her closing argument
Las Vegas, NV - A Nevada state court jury awarded $29.5 million on Friday to the family of a young woman who developed severe brain damage due to an allergic reaction to peanuts at a Las Vegas magic convention and allegedly did not receive proper treatment from emergency medical technicians on-site.
The jury deliberated for most of Thursday evening and Friday morning before returning the verdict against MedicWest Ambulance Inc., in one of the first major in-person civil jury trials in Nevada since last year’s Covid-19 shutdown. The trial took place in a huge specially outfitted room in the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center to accommodate social distancing for the jurors.