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Christy Aills got a big win in Tallahassee last week, but now she must wait to see if she will be able to collect any of the $8.25 million a jury awarded her.
Aills, now 34, went to Dr. Luciano Boemi of Naples in 2003 for a breast augmentation and lift. During surgery, blood supply was cut to her breasts, causing tissue to die, according to testimony at trial.
In 2006, a jury awarded her $250,000 for actual damages to cover medical expenses and $8 million for pain and suffering.
After the trial, Lee Circuit Judge Jay Rosman reduced the damages to just less than $6 million after a motion from Boemi. Aills rejected the reduction in pain and suffering damages and Rosman ordered a new trial on the issue of damages.....
