A woman who lost a leg and became a paraplegic post an outpatient surgery at Sparrow Hospital was awarded $17 million by an Ingham County Circuit Court on November 6.
The woman was 70 when she went into the hospital, in March 2015, for a "routine, outpatient procedure." She walked in to improve blood flow in her legs and relieve leg cramping, experienced due to walking long distances. The lawsuits state that the nurses negligently left sheaths in her legs for too long, which led to a blood clot followed by massive internal bleeding and poor blood flow to Bashore's spine and leg. Four months later, one of her legs was amputated, and she was paralyzed from the waist down, following which she underwent 35 surgeries and needed round-the-clock care.
A lawsuit was filed against the hospital and a cardiovascular surgeon in early 2017 for the "preventable errors." The trial began on October 21 lead to a total of $17 million, which includes $7.1 million for past economic and non-economic damages and the rest for future damages.
