Verdicts and Settlements
N.S. v. Ball Memorial Hospital, et al.
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2011
Outcome: Confidential settlement with hospital, other claims against doctor pending
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
D. P., Jr. v. Sonyika, et al., State Court of Fulton County, Georgia
Case Conclusion Date: July 27, 2009
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Jury verdict for 2.3 million dollars ($2,300,000.00)
Description: Plaintiffs alleged Infant lost significant portion of glans penis in a Mogen clamp circumcision shortly after birth. Plaintiffs alleged that circumcising doctor was negligent in performing the circumcision and in her follow-up care, that hospital personnel were negligent in failing to obtain proper care for the infant, and that the child’s pediatrician was negligent for failing to come into the hospital to examine the child when she was informed by the hospital nurse of the problem. Nurse had retained severed portion of glans penis, which was allowed to die. Plaintiffs alleged that pediatric urologist should have been consulted and that reattachment should have been attempted with likely excellent results. Claims were for permanent disfigurement and psychiatric counseling necessary to allow the child to have as normal a life as possible. Verdict in favor of the plaintiffs against the circumcising doctor, the pediatrician, and their professional corporations. Hospital was found not liable. Jury awarded the child $1,800,000 and the mother $500,000 for psychiatric care while the child is a minor. The court reduced the award to the mother by $45,000 to conform to the evidence.
D. P. v. ____, Virginia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2009
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
D. K. v. _____, Houston, TX
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2009
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Botched circumcision requiring revision
R. K. v. ______, Columbia, Maryland
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2008
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
F. v. _____, Denver, Colorado
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2008
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Botched newborn circumcision resulting in revision surgeries and permanent injury
_____ v. ______, North Carolina
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2008
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Loss of portion of glans penis during neonatal circumcision
L. B. v. ______, Philadelphia, PA
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2007
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
A. T. v. Kaiser, etc., Los Angeles, California (Private)
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2003
Outcome: Arbitration Award to Plaintiffs
Description: Unnecessary recircumcision of a man who had been circumcised at birth resulting in permanent injury
C. v. ____, State Court of Fulton County, Georgia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 2003
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Loss of portion of ventral glans penis during a neonatal circumcision
Stowell v. ______, USDC, EDNY
Case Conclusion Date: January 1, 2001
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlements
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant in which it was alleged that consent had been obtained while mother was under the influence of drugs administered to relieve pain of childbirth. Brought by the young man when he reached the age of majority against both the doctor and the hospital.
G. C. M. v. _____, Arkansas
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 1999
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
L. D. v. _____, Montgomery, Alabama
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 1998
Outcome: Settlement with hospital, defense verdict for doctor
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
B. L. v. R, et al., Lexington, KY
Case Conclusion Date: January 1, 1998
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Circumcision was performed during other genital surgery after surgeon had agreed that it would not be done.
A. O. v. _____
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 1998
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
S. P. v. _______, Mobile, Alabama
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 1996
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
J.T.B. v. _____, Montgomery, Alabama
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Date: Jan 01, 1995
Outcome: Verdict for $65,000
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
R. J. v. ______, Charleston, SC
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Jury verdict for Plaintiff
Description: Negligent re-circumcision of a man who had been circumcised at birth resulting in permanent damage
A. C. v. _____, Georgia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
B. P. v. _____, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
C C. v. ____, Portsmouth, Virginia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
J. B. v. ______, Ashland, Kentucky
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful, un-consented circumcision of a young boy while undergoing other urological surgery.
D. L. v. ______, Pittsburgh, PA
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
K. N. v. _____, Illinois
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
R. H. H. v. _____, Dallas, TX
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
Z. G. v. _____, North Carolina
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against mother’s wishes and instructions
L. C. v. ______, South Carolina
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Botched infant circumcision with removal of too much shaft skin and subsequent repairs
C. C. v. _____, Bartow County, Georgia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Wrongful circumcision of infant against parents’ wishes and instructions
L. G. v. Mogen Circumcision Instruments, Ltd., et al., USDC, EDNY
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Default Judgment for $10,777,071.00 against Mogen Circumcision Instruments, Ltd.
Description: Severance of glans penis during neonatal circumcision with reattachment and permanent injury.
Newton v. _____, State Court of Fulton County, Georgia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Botched adult circumcision resulting in removal of most of shaft skin and reconstructive surgery
E. H. v. _____, Virginia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Removal of excessive shaft skin in a neonatal circumcision
Tucker v. Wade, Mississippi
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Settlement
Description: Botched adult circumcision resulting in removal of too much shaft skin with repair by addition of a skin graft. Permanent shortening of the penis.
C. P. v. _____., et al., Georgia
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Concluded and dismissed
Description: Removal of excessive shaft skin during a neonatal circumcision
C. E. v. _______, State Court of Fulton County, GA
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Jury verdict for 1.8 million dollars ($1,800,000.00)
Description: Botched adult circumcision