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NEW YORK (AP) — A Bronx jury has awarded $45.6 million to the parents of a Long Island man who was paralyzed at 14 and died as the result of a spinal operation at a New York hospital.
The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/1d5HEbl ) the jury awarded Edward Beloyianis' parents the money on May 27 after three days of deliberation.
His lawyer Evan Torgan says Beloyianis had gone to New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center in November 2002 for surgery to correct his scoliosis, a condition that made his spine curve into an S-shape.
Torgan had argued that Beloyianis was paralyzed from the waist down by 4 screws that were misplaced during the surgery and were pressing on his spinal cord.
The hospital said Friday that it plans to appeal.
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