Berlin v. The Spine Center etc. CA2/3
Dr. Johnson performed spinal surgery on plaintiff in April 2014. Plaintiff subsequently sued Dr. Johnson, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, and Does 1-100, stating a single cause of action for professional negligence.
In the operative complaint, plaintiff alleged the surgery performed by Dr. Johnson caused a variety of conditions including foot drop, leg paresthesia, abnormal gait, pain, inability to sleep, fatigue, stress, depression, and the inability to work. Plaintiff alleged these conditions “resulted from improper surgical technique used by Dr. Johnson, and that he had not been properly treated. More specifically, [plaintiff] discovered that the excessive bone removal, which had been performed, would thereafter preclude the preferred techniques for correcting the residual pathology, which had not been addressed in spite of identical pre-operative symptoms.”
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