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Washington Appellate Court Affirms $13M Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice Verdict

September 16, 2025

Dr. Kristine Brecht was a licensed physician and surgeon who was board certified in family medicine. She was the sole owner and operator of Aesthetic Rejuvenation Spa (ARS) located in Burien, Washington. Dr. Brecht performed both surgical and nonsurgical procedures at ARS. Staff at ARS included a re[...]

$35M Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infection Leading To Necrotizing Fasciitis After Cosmetic Surgery

March 30, 2025

A Maryland medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $35 million for a patient who had elective cosmetic surgical procedures after which she developed an infection that was not timey or appropriately diagnosed or treated, leading to sepsis and the patient deteriorating into a co[...]

Florida Plastic Surgeon Arrested For Death Of His Wife Following Office Procedures

August 20, 2024

On June 17, 2024, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office issued the following statement: Death Investigation Update to Hillary Brown Death Investigation On 11/21/2023 Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Restore Plastic Surgery for a medical emergency. The female victim, later i[...]

$13M Washington Cosmetic Surgery Medical Malpractice Verdict

October 20, 2023

In early August 2023, a Washington medical malpractice jury found that a cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Kristine Brecht, had performed a full-tummy tuck, arm-lift, breast-lift and liposuction cosmetic surgical procedures on a patient in July 2022 who was not properly screened before the procedures and who wa[...]

Colorado Plastic Surgeon Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter

August 12, 2023

Surgeon Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter: On June 14, 2023, a Colorado criminal jury deliberated for five hours before reportedly finding plastic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Kim guilty of attempted manslaughter of a teenager following a procedure he had performed on her. The jury also found Dr. Kim g[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Affirms $800,000 Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice Verdict For Eye Injury During Procedure

September 16, 2019

The Supreme Court of Virginia, in its opinion filed on August 29, 2019, upheld an $800,000 jury verdict in a cosmetic medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant performed a blepharoplasty procedure on her (i.e., a cosmetic procedure performed to remove puffiness, or e[...]

Fake Arizona Doctor Sentenced To Over 38 Years In Prison

August 26, 2017

An Arizona man with no medical license and no formal medical training who performed illegal cosmetic surgery procedures on unsuspecting women in the Tucson area was sentenced on August 8, 2017 to 38.25 years in prison after pleading guilty in April 2017 to 28 felony charges arising out of the man pe[...]

Florida Butt Lift Doctor’s Medical License Restricted

March 29, 2016

An Order of Emergency Restriction of License was issued by the State of Florida Department of Health on February 17, 2016, which immediately restricted a Florida physician who specialized in performing butt lifts and liposuction procedures on women at a Florida surgery center, from performing lipo[...]

$2.3M Liposuction Malpractice Settlement

June 6, 2014

A New York plastic surgeon has reached a settlement with the surviving spouse and children of a 32-year-old woman who had undergone a liposuction procedure in the Manhattan plastic surgeon’s office that allegedly resulted in her death. Two days after the June 25, 2009 liposuction procedure, th[...]

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