<description>&lt;p&gt;In med-mal cases, the defense often argues that a defendant couldn’t have anticipated a patient’s &lt;em&gt;unusual &lt;/em&gt;problem. When a 15-year-old girl died from complications of undiagnosed lymphoma, the plaintiff’s team turned that argument on its head. “I think people think, ‘Well, if someone comes in with a really &lt;em&gt;unusual &lt;/em&gt;set of circumstances, you ought to look into it pretty carefully, especially if it can be concerning or life threatening, right?’ It's not a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card,” says co-host &lt;a href="https://www.gideonasen.com/our-team/benjamin-gideon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Ben Gideon&lt;/a&gt;, who tried the case with trial partner &lt;a href="https://www.gideonasen.com/our-firm/meryl-poulin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Meryl Poulin&lt;/a&gt;. The defense didn’t get out for free in this case. The jury awarded $25 million, Maine’s largest med-mal verdict. Tune in as co-host &lt;a href="https://www.panish.law/ravipudi.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Rahul Ravipudi&lt;/a&gt; moderates this case breakdown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class="ql-size-large"&gt;Learn More and Connect&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ &lt;a href="https://www.gideonasen.com/our-firm/meryl-poulin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Meryl Poulin&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/meryl-poulin-3bb74668/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ &lt;a href="https://www.gideonasen.com/our-team/benjamin-gideon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Ben Gideon&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamingideon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/brgideon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/brgideon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ Gideon Asen on &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/gideonasen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/gideonasenllc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook &lt;/a&gt;| &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCehQwho-60hVTvO7NGKDj5w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gideonasen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ &lt;a href="https://www.panish.law/ravipudi.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Rahul Ravipudi&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulravipudi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/rahulpudi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP on &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/panish-shea-ravipudi-llp/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/PanishSheaRavipudiLLP/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook &lt;/a&gt;| &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PSRlaw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/panishshearavipudi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;☑️ Subscribe: &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elawvate/id1559548565" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4iRoz9OUWS5W8F22BG8MbP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-large"&gt;Produced and Powered by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://lawpods.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large"&gt;LawPods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-large"&gt;Sponsored by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartadvocate.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large"&gt;SmartAdvocate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-large"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hypelegal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large"&gt;Hype Legal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-large"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.expertinstitute.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"</description>

Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

Benjamin Gideon & Rahul Ravipudi

Gideon Asen Record $25M Med-Mal Verdict, with Ben Gideon and Meryl Poulin

DEC 8, 202556 MIN
Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast

Gideon Asen Record $25M Med-Mal Verdict, with Ben Gideon and Meryl Poulin

DEC 8, 202556 MIN

Description

In med-mal cases, the defense often argues that a defendant couldn’t have anticipated a patient’s unusual problem. When a 15-year-old girl died from complications of undiagnosed lymphoma, the plaintiff’s team turned that argument on its head. “I think people think, ‘Well, if someone comes in with a really unusual set of circumstances, you ought to look into it pretty carefully, especially if it can be concerning or life threatening, right?’ It's not a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card,” says co-host Ben Gideon, who tried the case with trial partner Meryl Poulin. The defense didn’t get out for free in this case. The jury awarded $25 million, Maine’s largest med-mal verdict. Tune in as co-host Rahul Ravipudi moderates this case breakdown.

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