Jury reaches verdict in hepatitis C case, parties await announcement
The jury in the hepatitis C outbreak trial of Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman has reached a verdict.
The parties involved are now waiting for jurors to return to the courtroom.
Earlier Monday, jurors deadlocked on several counts and District Judge Valerie Adair instructed them to resume deliberations and try once more to reach a decision.
The jury has been deliberating since Friday in the high-profile case stemming from the 2007 hepatitis outbreak.
Desai, 63, and Lakeman, 66, are facing more than two-dozen charges, including criminal neglect of patients, second-degree murder and insurance fraud.
The criminal charges focus on the cases of seven patients infected with hepatitis C that health officials linked to Desai’s Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on Shadow Lane.
One of the patients, 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana, died last year in his native Philippines.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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