Medical malpractice case yields $4.9 million verdict
Maryland doctor leaves surgical sponge inside woman

July 14, 2008 -- In one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts on record in Montgomery County, Maryland, a Bethesda jury awarded a woman $4.9 million in damages when a sponge was left behind in her abdomen after a routine hysterectomy.

But before a new doctor could go ahead with an operation to remove the sponge, the woman developed a bowel obstruction and had to have emergency surgery. Doctors reportedly removed an abscess the size of a cantaloupe, with a sponge in it.

After hearing testimony on her pain and suffering, the jury deliberated and decided on an award of $4.9 million in damages, one of the largest malpractice verdict and settlement figures ever recorded in the county.

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