Doctor lacked experience in performing spinal procedure – $1,700,000 Settlement 
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Published: August 6, 2012
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements
This was a personal injury action premised on surgical malpractice. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant neurosurgeon improperly performed back surgery resulting in blunt trauma to the spinal cord and paralysis from the waist down. The defendant had recently trained in a procedure called XLIF (Extreme Latcral Interbody Fusion), and had never performed disc surgery ...
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