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$500,000 Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Wrong Side Surgery

October 11, 2026

In February 2026, the Massachusetts medical malpractice case of a man who had left-sided back symptoms but his surgeon allegedly operated on his right side was settled for $500,000. The defendants maintained throughout trial that they had met the standard of care despite surgery on the wrong side of[...]

$500,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Surgery On Wrong Area Of Back

July 30, 2026

On April 30, 2026, a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a surgeon operated on an area of a patient’s back that was lower than the intended area was settled for $500,000. The plaintiff did not claim medical expenses and the settlement was for her noneconomic damages. The Vir[...]

Ohio Woman Sues Surgeon For Allegedly Operating On Wrong Knee

August 7, 2025

An Ohio woman has sued University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) and its orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Sohn, alleging that Dr. Sohn was supposed to perform an ACL surgical repair on her left knee in 2023 but instead removed a healthy tendon from her right leg. According to the 33-year-old plaintiff[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Healthy Kidney Removed Instead Of Diseased Spleen

May 23, 2025

A Minnesota medical malpractice lawsuit filed on May 16, 2025 alleges that the Plaintiff’s healthy left kidney was wrongfully removed during surgery that was intended to remove her diseased spleen. The lawsuit states, in part: Rappaport v. Callahan, M.D., Hennepin County District Court, Case N[...]

Did Surgeon Remove Liver Instead Of Spleen?

October 30, 2024

A 70-year-old Alabama man died unexpectedly after a surgeon at Ascension Scared Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Florida removed his liver instead of his spleen, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in the patient’s death. William “Bill” Bryan and his wife were at t[...]

Florida Appellate Court Allows Punitive Damages Claim In Medical Malpractice Case

July 31, 2024

Plaintiff Mark R. Mohan alleged in his Florida medical malpractice case that Karl M. Hagen, M.D. performed an appendectomy procedure on him to remove his inflamed appendix on May 8, 2011. When the hospital pathologist performed a perfunctory examination on the specimen, he discovered that the surgeo[...]

Florida Doctor Who Removed Patient’s Kidney Instead Of Gallbladder And Hurt Three Other Patients, All Within Nine Months, Has Clear/Active Medical License

December 7, 2023

Gregg Shore, M.D. of Sebring, Florida has been charged by the State of Florida Board of Medicine with removing a patient’s kidney instead of the intended gallbladder. The August 23, 2023 Administrative Complaint states, “Respondent performed a right nephrectomy and removed Patient M.T.�[...]

Wrong-Side Surgery Defendant Claims PREP Act Immunity

June 1, 2021

A Missouri spine surgeon who was sued for medical malpractice in January 2021 has responded that he is immune from the medical malpractice lawsuit pursuant to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) that was activated to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The defendant spine su[...]

Neurosurgeon Testifies During Negligent Credentialing Trial In Illinois

December 18, 2018

A neurosurgeon who allegedly operated on the wrong side of a patient’s spine, causing the patient to suffer a severe injury, testified on behalf of the defendant hospital on November 28, 2018 in an Illinois case alleging that the hospital where the surgery was performed was negligent in creden[...]

Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Kidney Wrongfully Removed During Back Surgery

December 3, 2018

A Florida medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a general surgeon participating in the plaintiff’s back surgery on April 29, 2016, for allegedly removing one of her kidneys because the surgeon wrongfully thought that it was cancerous. The plaintiff had met the defendant surgeon just be[...]

Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient

March 17, 2018

Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into the delicate operation, when the neurosurgeon was unable to [...]

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Plaintiff’s “Wrong Breast” Surgery Medical Malpractice Win

August 15, 2017

In its opinion filed on July 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) reversed and remanded the Virginia medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, who alleged that the defendant surgeon operated on both of her breasts after she withdrew[...]

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