Missouri Court Affirms $800K Judgement Against Psychiatrist For Vyvanse Death
All of that said, even if F.D.’s differential diagnosis was thus unreliable and should not have been admitted, other substantial evidence at trial tended to prove that K.P.’s death was caused by Vyvanse use. This Court will not reverse a judgment unless the circuit court’s error in admitting expert testimony 'materially affected the merits of the action,' Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Cristian M. Stevens. The Missouri Court of Appeals has upheld a $801,000 damages award against a St. Louis-area psychiatrist for Vyvanse-induced stroke, despite finding an expert witness's differential diagnosis and opinion to be unreliable. The court stated that substantial evidence at trial indicated a patient's death occurred from an alleged stroke from the use of the drug. Despite this, the court declined to reverse the judgment, stating that while there was an "obvious problem" with the plaintiff's expert's opinion, it did not believe the expert had previously reviewed a case in which a person had a stroke and died from the drug use.
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Despite finding an expert witness’s differential diagnosis and opinion to be unreliable, the Missouri Court of Appeals concluded that other substantial evidence at trial tended to prove a patient’s death occurred from an alleged Vyvanse-induced stroke and upheld a $801,000 damages award against a St. Louis-area psychiatrist.
In a June 11 opinion, authored by Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Cristian M. Stevens, the court concluded that while there was an “obvious problem” with the plaintiff’s expert’s opinion, who had never encountered or reviewed a case in which a person had a stroke and died from Vyvanse use, it declined to reverse the judgment.
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