$4 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Remove Surgical Sponge

Amanda Hoover delivered her child by cesarean section at Banner-University Medical Center. After the delivery, Hoover experienced chronic abdominal pain, intermittent fever and chills, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. She underwent testing and was later diagnosed as having a foreign body in the lumen of her sigmoid colon.

Hoover underwent surgery during which a surgical sponge and a 20-cm section of her sigmoid colon were surgically removed.

She sued Banner-University Medical Center and Banner University Medical Group alleging that leaving a surgical sponge in her body after the cesarean section delivery amounted to a deviation from the standard of care.

After a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict of $4 million.

The attorneys successfully handling this case for Amanda Hoover were Ronald Mercaldo and Linda McKenzie.

Hoover v. Banner-University Medical Center Tucson Campus, LLC, No. C20220265 (Ariz. Super. Ct. Pima County).

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling birth injury lawsuits, surgeon negligence lawsuits, medical negligence cases, and wrongful death lawsuits for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 48 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Palatine, Palos Hills, Crestwood, Forest Park, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Chicago (Uptown, Bronzeville, Grand Crossing, Burnside, Beverly, Back of the Yards, Albany Park, East Rogers Park), Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Addison, Wheaton, Romeoville, Tinley Park, Hoffman Estates and Bensenville, Ill.

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