# Texas court upholds $7.11m award to aide injured while moving 300-pound patient

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- Published: 2026-11-06T07:26:30+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2016-a-texas-nursing-aide-was-injured-when-a-patient-weighing-over-300-pounds-fell-on-her-10-years-later-an-appeals-court-upheld-liability-on-a-7-11-million-verdict-but-offered-a-264448-cut-or-a-new-trial/articleshow/135595064.cms
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A Texas appeals court upheld a nursing facility's liability after a CNA was injured while transferring a patient weighing over 300 pounds in 2016. It upheld most of the $7.11 million jury award but proposed reducing future medical expenses by $264,448.51 or ordering a new trial.

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