That story may not have both sides but the jury sure did! So, my judgement is safe to side with them😉 It's especially convincing reading the quote from the patient! Probably the egotistical, arrogant professor out to make a point and ruin a kids future...
This does ring true a lot, but many times in a jury trial you are judged by 'idiots'. Not really idiots, but in medicine, most jurors do not know what it takes to be in the health profession, usually side with the 'victim' and don't know how to understand many of the facts that we take for granted because of our education.
For all we know Jason was 'victimized' by this big bad institution (which has made many headlines for a dental school over the past 5-7 years) because he accidentally nicked his poor patient who only has excellent things to say about Jason btw. A jury might have been willing to look past the fact that Jason said some nasty things to this 'mean, old, grouchy' professor who 'has had it out for him since day one.' If an attorney can't paint a vivid picture about the schools 'big bad wolf persona' and how they 'destroyed my clients life, income, reputation, etc.', then they can convince this jury of 'idiots' to reward him with money.
This could also have easily gone the other way. Get some people to testify against Jason, the stubborn, know-it-all, who constantly berates his professors, is argumentative, uncaring, sloppy, etc. then the school might be holding on to that cash.
Something like this will most likely settle for far less than 2million anyway.
Thats why I say to go to Temple.
