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Dec. 23, 2025

San Diego jury awards $18M after stroke during pituitary surgery

After an 18-day trial, jurors concluded a neurosurgeon should not have performed a high-risk pituitary procedure that left woman partial paralyzed.

A San Diego jury on Thursday awarded more than $18 million to a woman who suffered a massive stroke after a neurosurgeon struck her carotid artery during an endoscopic procedure to remove a benign pituitary tumor.

The jury delivered its verdict after approximately seven hours of deliberation, concluding an 18-day trial before Judge Evan P. Kirvin. Phuong Ho et al. v. Sohaib Kureshi, M.D., 37-2024-00002837-CU-MM-CTL, (San Diego Super., Ct., file Jan. 22, 2024)

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