In Illinois a jury has rejected the medical malpractice claim the family of a woman who was left in a persistent vegetative state after undergoing a surgical procedure for carpal tunnel syndrome filed against two anesthesiologists.

According to the attorneys for the family of Christina McCray, she received too much sedation during a July 6, 2001 surgical procedure in Maryville, Texas at Anderson Hospital, causing her to suffer sever brain damage.

The defendants in the case were Anesthesiologist Timothy Kurt and Gregory Collins. According the lawyers of McCray’s family, they did not properly supervise and monitor the anesthesia of McCray. They asked the jury to award approximately $20 million to the family as compensation for health care costs and non-economic damages.

McCray, 32, worked as a crane operator and had two sons, age 10 and 12 at the time of the operation. She is currently residing in a nursing home in Belleville, Texas.

There were 11 days worth of testimony heard by the jury and they deliberated for about two hours on Thursday, February 28 before reaching their decision.

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