Tom Dukes, Mary Jaye Hall and Zack Trapp obtained a defense verdict on behalf of our client in Orange County, FL after an 8-day trial

On November 5, 2025, Tom Dukes, Mary Jaye Hall and Zack Trapp obtained a defense verdict on behalf of our client in Orange County, FL after an 8-day trial. Plaintiff alleged that our client, an internal medicine physician, was negligent for ordering a blood pressure medication over the phone while out of the hospital after rounding on the patient earlier that morning, to which the patient had a known allergy. The medication was subsequently administered and it caused the patient to have an allergic reaction. Through discovery and during trial, we were able to prove that our client appropriately relied on the bedside nurse who communicated to our client that the patient had no known allergies, and that the pharmacist overrode an allergy alert without instruction from our client to do so. The jury found that our client met the standard of care in all respects, completely exonerating him from all claims.