Jenny Hyoung v. Kyoung Yoo MD

Summary

A California state court jury rejected a womans medical malpractice lawsuit claiming her physician was negligent for treating her acne with a powerful antibiotic that caused a severe allergic reaction which left her with scarring on over 30 percent of her body.

The 12-member jury deliberated for just over a full day following an eight-day trial before deciding 9-3 to reject plaintiff Jenny Hyoungs lawsuit against her family physician Dr. Kyoung Yoo. While in college in 2011 Hyoung developed a life-threatening condition called Stevens Johnson syndrome, which causes dangerous blistering of the skin, after taking the drug Bactrim. Bactrim also known as Septra, is often used to treat serious infections like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

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Outcome

Verdict for the Defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hyoung, Jenny
Defense: Yoo, Kyoung

Judge: Ross Klein
Jurisdiction: Los Angeles County
Court: Los Angeles County Superior Court

Case Number: NC058059
Industry: Pharmaceutical, Health care
Practice Area: Products Liability, Malpractice, Negligence

Plaintiff

Hyoung, Jenny

Represented By:
Carpenter, John (Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP)
Rochen, Douglas (Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP)

Defense

Yoo, Kyoung

Represented By:
McAndrews, Thomas (Reback, McAndrews, Kjar, Warford & Stockalper, LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:14:54	Opening Statement	Carpenter, John
00:54:32	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Carpenter, John
00:02:46	Opening Statement	McAndrews, Thomas
00:18:25	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Bierman, Dr. Stanley M.D.	In Person
01:26:36	Break
01:45:30	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Bierman, Dr. Stanley M.D.	In Person
01:51:31	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Bierman, Dr. Stanley M.D.	In Person
02:27:35	General Case Activities
02:30:31	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Bierman, Dr. Stanley M.D.	In Person
02:46:26	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Keaney, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
00:39:38	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Keaney, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:08:55	Break
01:25:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Keaney, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:38:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Keaney, Dr. James M.D.	In Person
01:40:08	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
02:49:50	End of Session

JAN

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Nielsen, Dr. Gregory M.D.	Video Recording
00:09:31	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Christiansen, Dr. Robert M.D.	Video Recording
00:27:55	General Case Activities
00:29:50	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:14:24	Witness Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:33:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:34:14	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:38:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:41:21	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	In Person
01:43:37	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Needham, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
00:30:20	Witness Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Needham, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:09:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Needham, Dr. Mark M.D.	In Person
01:12:14	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

JAN

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

6 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JAN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Jenny Hyoung v. Kyoung Yoo MD

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:40	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Yoo, Dr. Kyung M.D.	Video Recording
00:35:50	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Hyoung, Hyun-Jung	In Person
01:00:17	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Hyoung, Hyun-Jung	In Person
01:52:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Hyoung, Hyun-Jung	In Person
01:53:21	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Hyoung, Hyun-Jung	In Person
01:54:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Hyoung, Hyun-Jung	In Person
01:57:01	Break
02:10:58	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Powell, Dr. Douglas M.D.	Video Recording
02:16:07	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Powell, Dr. Douglas M.D.	Video Recording
02:16:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Powell, Dr. Douglas M.D.	Video Recording
02:17:45	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Jemmett, Dr. Michael M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:27:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:38	Witness Direct Examination	Rochen, Douglas	Hyoung, Jenny	In Person
01:15:15	Break
01:34:39	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Hyoung, Jenny	In Person
02:26:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Rochen, Douglas	Hyoung, Jenny	In Person
02:29:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:30	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Saperstein, Dr. Harry M.D.	Video Recording
00:12:25	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Needham, Dr. Mark M.D.	Video Recording
00:15:51	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Salberg, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
00:56:07	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Salberg, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
01:32:06	Break
01:47:28	Witness Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Salberg, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
02:08:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Salberg, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
02:22:49	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Salberg, Dr. Jeffrey M.D.	In Person
02:23:54	Witness Direct Examination	Carpenter, John	Nielsen, Dr. Gregory M.D.	Video Recording
02:34:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:51	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Saperstein, Dr. Harry M.D.	In Person
00:39:45	Witness Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Saperstein, Dr. Harry M.D.	In Person
01:31:18	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Saperstein, Dr. Harry M.D.	In Person
01:37:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carpenter, John	Saperstein, Dr. Harry M.D.	In Person
01:40:57	Break
01:56:20	General Case Activities
01:57:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:58	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Christiansen, Dr. Robert M.D.	Video Recording
00:11:06	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Powell, Dr. Douglas M.D.	Video Recording
00:21:05	Witness Direct Examination	McAndrews, Thomas	Nielsen, Dr. Gregory M.D.	Video Recording
00:45:04	Break
01:02:03	General Case Activities
01:30:48	Closing Statement	Carpenter, John
02:21:40	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:04:31	Break
		00:09:36	General Case Activities
		00:22:51	Break
		00:24:50	General Case Activities
		00:25:36	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:19	General Case Activities
		00:07:57	End of Session