Lou La Cava and Jim Wetzel obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case

Lou La Cava and Jim Wetzel obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case tried in Hillsborough County. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant surgeon inappropriately evaluated and treated the patient who had an infection and fecal impaction. After a 5 day trial the jury returned a verdict for the defense finding no negligence on the part of the surgeon which was a legal cause of the decedent’s death