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Pottstown Hospital Ordered To Pay $78.5 Million

The award includes payments for future medical care, lost earnings, pain and suffering for a child.

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A Philadelphia jury ordered Pottstown Memorial Medical Center to pay $78.5 million Friday in a medical malpractice verdict in a case involving a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of alleged negligence, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

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