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Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $2.5M Verdict In Same-Day Hernia Surgery Discharge Case Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $2.5M Verdict In Same-Day Hernia Surgery Discharge Case
Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $2.5M Verdict In Same-Day Hernia Surgery Discharge Case The family of a woman who died after being negligently discharged the same day she underwent a hernia surgery won a multi-million dollar verdict in a Long Island malpractice suit. In February 2013, 68-year-old Margaret Parr received surgery to repair a hernia in her upper stomach, and was later discharged by her doctor on the same day, according to her Nassau County-based lawyers Duffy & Duffy, who have offices in Uniondale. Her lawyers said that after being released, Parr - who had two adult children and four grandchildren - died in pain the next day after a blood clot developed, cutti…

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