In 2017, 25-year-old Peter Smith, died of Lyme carditis in Portland, Maine.
Now, a jury has ordered the hospital and doctor that failed to recognize that he had Lyme disease to pay $6.3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Lyme carditis occurs when Lyme bacteria enter the tissues of the heart.
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