Thursday, June 12, 2008
Jury Awards Mingo County Woman Nearly $ 900,000 After Surgical Sponge Was Left In Abdomen.
A Lawrence County, Kentucky jury awarded a Mingo County woman $ 861,000 in damages.
Lawyers Truman and Letitia Chafin say that their client Sophia Savage of Dans Branch received damages for mental and physical suffering as a result of a surgical sponge having been left in her abdomen during an operation performed at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa back in December of 2001.
Lawyers Truman and Letitia Chafin say that their client Sophia Savage of Dans Branch received damages for mental and physical suffering as a result of a surgical sponge having been left in her abdomen during an operation performed at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa back in December of 2001.