Surgeon Pays $535,000 After Lacerating Accessory Nerve
Case Summary:
Amount: $535,000Court:Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Date: January 2001
Plaintiff's Counsel: Jonathan D. Mester
Description: Medical Malpractice
Defendant doctor cut plaintiff's spinal accessory nerve during a routine lymph node biopsy procedure. This required plaintiff to undergo a nerve repair operation leaving her with decreased mobility of her arm. This defendant had previously performed the same procedure resulting in the same injury to another of our clients.
