$10 million Medical Malpractice & Negligence Jury Verdict

A jury verdict in Lucas County was awarded to a teenager who was a victim of Medical Malpractice by a Toledo area surgeon. Joshua Terry suffered from severe dextro scoliosis, a condition where the back is curved and appears as a deformity. Joshua was taken to Dr. Ernest Lindell who recommended a surgical procedure to correct the deformity.

The procedure proposed by Dr. Lindell was an anterior and posterior spinal procedure which was to be performed in two stages. The first stage was done without complications. The second stage of the surgery was a posterior fusion of the bones in his back. Dr. Lindell performed the second part of the surgery.. During the second stage surgery, a surgical instrument known as a pedicle finder plunged into the spinal cord, resulting in paralysis of Joshua’s lower body.

Attorneys, Jay Kelley and Stephen Crandall, of the Elk & Elk Medical Malpractice Team were successful demonstrating to the jury the negligence which occurred.

 

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