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"He really can’t be left alone” | Ex-Marine gets $2.5M in malpractice case

Craig Dobbs “and his wife have been really struggling on their own, ever since that injury happened, and he really can’t be left alone,” said Higginbotham.

ARKANSAS, USA — A former U.S. Marine who went to the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock for a routine back surgery but was left with permanent brain damage received a $2.49 million judgment last month against the federal government.

Craig Dobbs, 66, of Cotter (Baxter County) and his wife, Eileen Dobbs, were “very happy with the verdict,” said Laurie Higginbotham of National Trial Law of Austin, Texas. After a bench trial, U.S. District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky also awarded Eileen Dobbs $630,000.

Craig Dobbs “and his wife have been really struggling on their own, ever since that injury happened, and he really can’t be left alone,” Higginbotham told Arkansas Business. “It just completely upended their lives.”

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