SALT LAKE CITY — After the U.S. Department of Justice dropped charges this summer against a Utah doctor accused of running a fake COVID-19 vaccination card scheme, the plastic surgeon told FOX 13 News that he hoped “to never go back to court again.”
But that’s exactly where Dr. Kirk Moore found himself earlier this month — where a state jury sided with a former patient who allegedly suffered severe complications after he performed her abdominoplasty, or “tummy tuck.”
The jury awarded the woman nearly $900,000, including about $50,000 for past medical expenses, $25,000 for future ones and $800,000 in non-economic damages…