Three women received compensation in the amount of$ 300 million in damages after a Richmond jury found them to be sexually abused while they were patients at Virginia’s Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, according to the news agency AP.
According to WTVR-TV, the jury awarded each woman$ 60 million in compensatory damages and$ 40 million in punitive damages.
The test, held in Richmond Circuit Court, is the first in a series of lawsuits brought by 46 past patients against the medical and Dr. Daniel Davidow, its longstanding health director. The women claimed that Davidow touched them badly while they were in his attention during pelvic pulse exams.
Kevin Biniazan, the attorney representing the ladies, expressed the emotional value of the ruling, stating,” To have a group of strangers look at them, talk to them, and show them they believe them… it broke them down in tears quickly. It broke us all down in tears”.
Davidow, nevertheless, has denied all allegations. His attorney, Bob Donnelly, claimed in judge that the pelvic signal assessment, a common medical treatment from the 1960s and 1970s, was used. Donnelly stated,” Davidow firmly denies the allegations of sexual abuse”.
Following a criminal trial in April, Davidow was cleared of criminal sexual misuse charges involving two other past patients earlier this year. Despite his conviction, legal claims against him and the doctor continue, with the next trial scheduled for March.
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