{"id":1101800,"date":"2026-10-01T18:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kecheslaw.com\/?p=1101800"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:38:17","slug":"massachusetts-appeals-court-affirms-11-9-million-verdict-won-by-keches-law-group-in-overprescription-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kecheslaw.com\/pt\/press-release\/massachusetts-appeals-court-affirms-11-9-million-verdict-won-by-keches-law-group-in-overprescription-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms $11.9 Million Verdict Won by\u00a0Keches\u00a0Law Group in Overprescription Case\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Appellate court upholds trial verdict for a teenage patient who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and partial vision loss after being&nbsp;overprescribed for&nbsp;an anti-seizure medication.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MILTON, Mass., Sept. 22, 2026 \u2014 The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed an $11.9 million verdict, $8 million before interest, secured by&nbsp;Keches&nbsp;Law Group on behalf of a young client who was catastrophically injured after being overprescribed an anti-seizure medication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The client, a 13-year-old epilepsy patient, developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and suffered partial vision loss.&nbsp;Attorneys Karen&nbsp;Zahka,&nbsp;from&nbsp;Trial Lawyers for Justice&nbsp;and Austin&nbsp;Dana,&nbsp;tried the case and won the award at the trial level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On appeal, the defense argued that the trial court erred in giving a missing-witness instruction&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the attending physician, who was the final&nbsp;decisionmaker&nbsp;on the dosage at issue. Attorney Chris Lynett&nbsp;from&nbsp;Keches&nbsp;Law Group&nbsp;handled the appeal and&nbsp;argued about&nbsp;the case in February. The Appeals Court held that the instruction was&nbsp;appropriate,&nbsp;and that the firm&#8217;s closing argument, which addressed the absent physician and his role in the prescribing decision, was well within the bounds of the law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This result belongs to our client, and to a team that built the case the right way from the very first day,&#8221; said&nbsp;Austin Dana of&nbsp;Keches&nbsp;Law Group. &#8220;A clean trial record is what makes an appeal like this clear. We are proud to have stood with this family from trial through the final decision.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The affirmation brings a close to the litigation and secures the full recovery for the client.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About&nbsp;Keches&nbsp;Law Group<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keches&nbsp;Law Group is one of New England&#8217;s leading personal injury firms,&nbsp;representing&nbsp;injured workers and families across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and the wider region since&nbsp;1968. Known as New England&#8217;s Injury Attorneys, the firm is an official partner of the New England Patriots and Boston Bruins. Learn more at kecheslaw.com.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media Contact<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Victoria Tuttle&nbsp;<br>vtuttle@kecheslaw.com&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appellate court upholds trial verdict for a teenage patient who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and partial vision loss after being&nbsp;overprescribed for&nbsp;an anti-seizure medication.&nbsp; MILTON, Mass., Sept. 22, 2026 \u2014 The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed an $11.9 million verdict, $8 million before interest, secured by&nbsp;Keches&nbsp;Law Group on behalf of a young client who was catastrophically injured &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-press-release","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.6 (Yoast SEO v20.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms $11.9 Million Verdict Won by\u00a0Keches\u00a0Law Group in Overprescription Case\u00a0 - Keches Law Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kecheslaw.com\/pt\/press-release\/massachusetts-appeals-court-affirms-11-9-million-verdict-won-by-keches-law-group-in-overprescription-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms $11.9 Million Verdict Won by\u00a0Keches\u00a0Law Group in Overprescription Case\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Appellate court upholds trial verdict for a teenage patient who suffered Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and partial vision loss after being&nbsp;overprescribed for&nbsp;an anti-seizure medication.&nbsp; 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