Date: 09-09-2006

Case Style: Allison Riggs v. Ruby Memorial Hospital

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: Robert B. Stone

Court: Circuit Court, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Paul Farrell Jr. of Greene Ketchum Bailey & Tweel, Huntington, West Virginia

Defendant's Attorney: Unknown

Description:

Allison Riggs sued Ruby Memorial Hospital on a medical negligence theory (medical malpractice) for the injuries and damages she sustained after contracting an infection during a knee operation when she was 14-years-old. She claimed that the hospital negligently failed to inform the medical staff that it was experiencing an epidemic near the time that she became infected. Riggs developed a serratia bacterial infection inside her knee. It would then take four years for that infection to eat its way out of her knee. The infection was found after doctors discovered the hardware installed in her knee had floated into the soft tissue of her thigh. that it was

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $10.04 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unavailable

Defendant's Experts: Unavailable

Comments: None