BENTON – A Marine veteran was awarded a $1.93 million medical malpractice verdict in federal court over allegations that employees and physicians at the Marion VA Medical Center failed to timely diagnose and treat his prostate cancer. U.S. District Judge Staci M. Yandle entered judgment for Michael E. Gunter following a four-day bench trial that ended Jan. 19. Gunter, who served during the Vietnam War, also worked for the United States Postal Service for 32 years, retiring in 2005. According to court rec