Woman Gets Just $142K After Hospital Wrongly Removes Her Uterus
LatestDance instructor Jill Jacobs went into the hospital to get a uterine cyst removed. She left having undergone a total hysterectomy—one she didn’t really want, and had hoped doctors might avoid. And yet, a jury only coughed up $142,000 in damages.
The Daily News has the story. The issue is whether the doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center properly informed Jacobs what was going to happen, as well as her alternative options. Jacobs signed a consent form that allowed the hysterectomy shortly before surgery, but says she understood that the procedure would only be performed if the surgeons found signs of cancer. Spoiler alert: A blood test had already shown she didn’t have cancer. (It seems the doctors, meanwhile, were proceeding on the assumption the hysterectomy was the best way to deal with the fibroids.)