Anesthesia Malpractice Award

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A Pittsburgh jury recently awarded more than $1 million to a man who suffered a permanent injury to his sciatic nerve with accompanying complications following knee surgery seven years ago. The jury concluded that none of the defendants were negligent in causing the injury but that the surgeon failed to fully inform the patient of the risks, complications and alternatives to the spinal anesthesia he received. The anesthesia which numbed only his leg, left the 47 year old patient unemployable and with constant pain and numbness in one foot.