PORTLAND, Maine —

A jury has sided in favor of a Maine woman in a medical malpractice case involving her late daughter.

Lyndsey Sutherland was awarded $25 million Thursday night, more than four years after the death of 15-year-old Jasmine "Jazzy" Vincent, who was from the Gray-New Gloucester area.

Jazzy started feeling very sick on July 14, 2021, and was initially diagnosed with pneumonia.

A doctor with the Mid Coast Medical Group later misdiagnosed Jazzy with gynecomastia, a condition commonly found in men who use anabolic steroids.

Jazzy ultimately died of cardiac arrest on Aug. 1, 2021, 18 days after she first felt sick. Days after she died, it was determined Jazzy's cardiac arrest was caused by a fluid buildup related to acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a form of cancer Sutherland's

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