In an extremely rare complication, a 57-year-old patient loses his vision following open heart surgery. A terribly tragedy, yes. But medical malpractice on the part of the cardiothoracic surgeon and the anesthesiologist? Not according to a six-person jury in New York City, which weighed reams of evidence during a length trial. “As a defense attorney, you often have to take the unpopular side,” says Bower. “It’s your job to convince six members of the public that while something horrible occurred, it wasn’t because your client did anything wrong. It happened for some other reason.”

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