$910,000 – Kelly Maron Et Al. V. Lake Health Systems And Dr. Timothy Pritchard Lake County, Ohio

$910,000
Verdict Surgical Error

Kelly Maron Et Al. V. Lake Health Systems And Dr. Timothy Pritchard Lake County, Ohio

A surgical towel was left in Kelly’s abdomen after a surgery to remove colon cancer and was not discovered for months. It caused the removal of two out of three of Kelly’s small bowel and massive digestive issues that will last her entire life. Tried in Lake County Court of Common Pleas, the verdict reached for this case has been informally reported as the largest medical negligence verdict in that county’s history.

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