LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A San Diego jury reached a remarkable verdict on August 2, 2023, awarding a doctor-turned-whistleblower more than $39 million in damages after UC San Diego (UCSD) decided not to renew his contract.
The jury unequivocally supported Dr. Kevin Murphy in his retaliation case against the UC Regents in San Diego Superior Court.
The trial focused on a $10 million donation for research at UCSD. Dr. Murphy, age 55, contended that the university diverted these funds to the Moores Cancer Center without obtaining his consent. When he acted as a whistleblower to expose this wrongdoing, he faced severe backlash and ultimately lost his job.
During the trial, the plaintiff's attorneys, Mark Quigley and Ivan Puchalt, were able to prove to the jury that the Regents failed to investigate Dr. Murphy's multiple whistleblower retaliation complaints and permitted the retaliation against him to spiral out of control. The jury awarded Dr. Murphy approximately $10 million in economic damage and $30 million in damages in past and future emotional distress, including damage to his reputation, humiliation, embarrassment, shame, and financial hardship.
Dr. Murphy's inventive methodology, PrTMS (Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), has shown promise in delivering superior outcomes to existing treatments for conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, and concussions.
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