NO $40M PAYOUT FOR TAHJAY - Judgment reversed for boy with brain damage

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NO $40M PAYOUT FOR TAHJAY - Judgment reversed for boy with brain damage

The Court of Appeal has quashed a 2015 ruling of the Supreme Court that had awarded approximately $40 million to the family of 16-year-old Tahjay Rowe, who sustained brain damage when he was born at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital. The court has...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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