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Date: 02-16-2023
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Randy P. Dalo and Karen Dalo v.Dr. Bradley Hay, Dr. Gerard Manecke, Jr., Tammy Nodler, and UCSD Medical Center
Case Number: 37-2018-00017017-CU-MM-CTL
Judge: Gregory W. Pollck
Court: Superior Court, San Diego County, California
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Daniel V. Farrugia for Richard Todd Allen, M.D., et al.
Barton H. Hegeier for Bradley Glnn Hay, M.D.
Description: San Diego, California personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on medical malpractice negligence, battery, fraud by concealment and breach of duty of patient care theories claiming to Mr. Dalo woke up during surgery on his neck in 2017.
Plaintiffs later learned that Dr. Hay was addicted to opioids.
Defendants denied wrongdoing and asserted that the dream that Randy Dalo claimed he had was a dream he had as he was waking up from the surgery in the recovery room.
A key issue in the trial was whether Dalo had experienced “intraoperative awareness” — the medical term for when a patient is not fully unconscious — that fueled his recurring nightmares. UCSD and Hay, who testified during the trial, insisted they did not short Dalo on how much anesthesia he required.
The Plaintiffs sought at least $5 million in damages.
Outcome: Defendants' verdict.
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