$2 Million Jury Verdict for Negligent Injection Procedure Causing Permanent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Crystal Guinard suffered from severe migraine headaches. She was in her thirties at the time. She received Phenergan and Toradol injections. Guinard received a Phenergan injection performed by nurse Marie Krausz, who was an employee of the urgent care clinic Patient First Maryland Medical Group. She then suffered a sciatic nerve injury in her right leg. Her injury, which has been determined to be permanent, resulted in complex regional pain syndrome, which necessitated implementation of a neurostimulator.

Phenergan is a drug often used to treat allergies and motion sickness. In addition, the drug can be used to control pain, nausea and vomiting.

Guinard filed a lawsuit against Krausz and the urgent care clinic alleging liability for Krausz’s improper handling of the injection. Guinard alleged that Krausz used incorrect anatomical markers when she handled the injection, which injured Guinard’s sciatic nerve.

There was no claim for lost income.

At the conclusion of the trial, the jury signed a verdict for $2 million in Guinard’s favor. However, the court later reduced the jury’s noneconomic damages award because of a state law. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The attorneys successfully handling this lawsuit for Guinard were Robert Joyce and Emily Fuller.

Guinard v. Patient First Maryland Medical Group, PLLC, No.24-C-2018-003956 (Md. Cir. Ct. Baltimore City).

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