Jury awards nearly $50 million after Fresno County man injured in ambulance ride
A Fresno County jury has awarded a Kingsburg man nearly $50 million in damages for injuries he suffered while being transported to the hospital by American Ambulance.
Nicholas Merlo, a 39-year-old mortgage broker, has been in a persistent vegetative state for three years after suffering a brain injury that his lawyers Warren Paboojian and Daniel R. Baradat of Baradat & Paboojian said was caused by the gross negligence of the American Ambulance staff.
“Our paramedics treated Mr. Merlo like they would any patient and followed their training and procedures to do everything they could to improve his declining condition,” said Erik S. Peterson, chief administrative officer and general counsel for American Ambulance.
Peterson said the ambulance company is considering appeals and “all other options, and whatever we can do to protect our paramedics.”
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