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According to the plaintiffs’ lawyer, the doctor’s own recordkeeping was what drove the defendants’ loss.

June 17, 2024 at 04:49 PM

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  • A Fayette County jury handed up a $9.5 million verdict against a urologist over a botched vasectomy.
  • The plaintiffs’ lawyer said the jury was swayed by the doctor’s poor recordkeeping.
  • He said plaintiffs counsel caught the defense’s expert contradicting his own testimony in a podcast episode.

A western Pennsylvania urologist was hit with a $9.5 million verdict June 14 over a routine vasectomy gone wrong.

And according to the plaintiffs’ lawyer, the doctor’s own recordkeeping was what drove the defendants’ loss.

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