A lawsuit filed in Washington County, Ohio, reveals that a patient left surgery with the wrong leg amputated, WCHS TV reported. The legal action names Selby General Hospital, Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta Area Health Care, Inc., Marietta Health Care Physicians, Inc., and First Settlement Orthopedics, Inc. as defendants alongside a team of doctors and physicians.
The legal team representing the patient, Sharon Jacks, is from Kayser, Layne & Clerk, PLLC, based in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, along with other relief available under Ohio law.