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$40 Million Award For Bungled Heart Transplant Operation

March 11, 2008 - 7:36am
 
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EVERETT, Wash. - A man has been awarded $40.1 million after his heart was damaged so badly by a malfunctioning machine during an operation that he had to undergo a heart transplant.

Paramjit Singh, 54, also suffers other problems as a result of the injury and anti-rejection drugs he must take, his lawyers said. They had sought as much as $38 million.

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