There really should be a cap on awards like this. More along the lines of how much income that person would have lost in a normal working life, if the damage prevents them from working.
Having been on the receiving end of "managed care" for a number of years, I am not in favor of any limits on awards. I fully believe that the only thing which stood between my family and medical care worse than that received in most third-world countries was the threat of massive lawsuits.