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Date: 10-27-2009

Case Style: Family and Estate of Wendy Leigh Jackson v. Wyndal K. Blankenship, Barry Riggs and Saad Rahman

Case Number: 2005 CA 002445 S

Judge: William Stone

Court: Circuit Court, Okaloosa County, Florida

Plaintiff's Attorney: David B. Swanick, Stanley Bruce Powell, P.A., Niceville, Florida

Defendant's Attorney: Jesse Fletcher Suber for Wyndal Blankenship Daniel James Nixon for William Michael Haney and Robert E. Hruby Linda Hohlt Wade for Alexander J. Knurr Scott Mitchell Porter for Barry F. Riggs

Description: The Family and Estate of Wendy Leigh Jackson sued Wyndal K. Blankenship, Barry Riggs and Saad Rahman on medical negligence (medical malpractice) theories claiming that the defendant doctors failed to exercise due care when they did not address the internal bleeding that occurred post partum at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in June 2003. Ms. Jackson died about 16 hours after giving birth to a son.

Defendants denied wrongdoing and attempted to partially blame their patient for her own death.

Outcome: Plaintiffs' verdict for $4 million with a finding that Drs. Blankenship and Rahman liable, but cleared Riggs. Rahman was found to be 65% responsible, and Blankenship 35% responsible.

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