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Severed Spinal Nerve from Botched Surgery Nets NY Prisoner $118,000

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Nervous System, Surgery, Muscular, Malpractice. Location: New York.

A New York prisoner who suffered a severed spinal accessory nerve during a medical procedure was awarded $118,000.

Mr. Soltis was a New York prisoner in his mid-40s when he underwent an excisional lymph node biopsy. During the surgery, Soltis's spinal accessory nerve was severed, causing his trapezius muscle to ...

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