MINNEAPOLIS – A federal court jury says a Twin Cities plastic surgeon is entitled to nearly $25 million because an emergency medical provider declined to fly him back to the United States after a ziplining injury in Mexico led to a leg amputation.
Attorneys for Richard Tholen, of Plymouth, argued that New Jersey-based Assist America was liable for damages after they failed to send an air ambulance to Mazatlan in April 2015, after complaining about his treatment for a dislocated knee.
Carla Ferrucci, executive director of the 67-year-old Minnesota Association for Justice, a professional lawyers association, said she cannot recall a larger award of its kind in Minnesota.
