A Baltimore County jury on Oct. 9 awarded a $1.2 million verdict to the daughter of a woman who bled to death on the operating table in February 2023.

Angela Faulcon, 77, hemorrhaged at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center during a surgery to treat early-stage rectal cancer.

Lawyers for her daughter, Andrea Faulcon, argued the colorectal surgeon breached the standards of care by failing to prepare for and respond to the bleeding.

Tara Clary, of the firm Brockstedt Mandalas Federico, argued the hospital failed to have adequate equipment, the surgeon did not plan and prepare for a foreseeable complication, and didn’t follow the right steps once that complication arose.

“She would have had years left on this earth,” Clary told The Daily Record. “Once the bleeding happened, (the surgeo

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