Massive USD 412M Award for Victim of Risky Penile Shots Scam 

Massive USD 412M Award for Victim of Risky Penile Shots Scam. Credit | AP
Massive USD 412M Award for Victim of Risky Penile Shots Scam. Credit | AP

United States: A New Mexico jury has awarded over USD 412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that practices in several states. 

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The man’s attorneys cheered Monday’s verdict and said they are optimistic it will save other men from falling for a scam that also involved fraud from what the lawyers described as risky penile shots. 

They said that the punitive and compensatory damages sum up to the biggest award given by a jury for medical negligence in the United States. 

According to Lori Bencoe, one of the lawyers who represented the plaintiff, “It’s a national record-setting case and it’s righteous because I don’t think there’s any place for licensed professionals to be defrauding patients for money. That is a very egregious breach of their fiduciary duty,” CBS News reported. 

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“That’s a breach of trust and anytime someone is wearing a white coat, they shouldn’t be allowed to do that,” Bencoe added. 

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The award comes from a test conducted in Albuquerque earlier this month, based on claims listed in a civil lawsuit the man’s lawyers filed in 2020. Terrifico and other company officials of NuMale Medical Center were to be held liable as defendants. 

A man from New Mexico has been awarded more than USD 412m for medical malpractice in the men’s health clinic that services several states. 

The man’s attorneys rejoiced the Monday’s decision stating they believe it will protect other men from being scammed into the fraud that involved what his defense called reckless shots of penile injections. 

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They said that the punitive and compensatory damages come to the largest sum awarded by a jury in a medical malpractice case in the United States, CBS News reported. 

The award comes after a trial conducted in Albuquerque the previous Tuesday that was based on accusations outlined in a lawsuit filed by the man’s attorney in 2020. 

NuMale Medical Center and some of its company officials were named in the lawsuit. 

NuMale Medical Center President Brad Palubicki said in a statement sent Wednesday to The Associated Press that the company remains committed to patient care and ensuring that all its clinics operate with required safety measures and regulations.