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Archive > July, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 7

Medical Malpractice

Plastic Surgery Ends in Deformity and Divorce

Sharon Smith, RN, JD; and Tyler Smith, JD

A 39-year-old mother of 2 was counting on her breast implants to be miracle workers, to not only return her breasts to their pre-pregnancy shape and firmness, but also to save her sagging marriage. When the implants did neither, instead giving her an embarrassing case of "double-bubble" breast deformity because they rode too high, she sued her plastic surgeon and walked away with $3.5 million. As you'll see, her case hinged on the 12-page informed consent she claims she was forced to hurriedly sign as she was wheeled into surgery.

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