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Litigation

Oct. 14, 2003

Hospital Wins Despite Towel Left in Man

After performing a liver transplant procedure, the surgical staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center failed to remove a towel from inside the patient's body.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        After performing a liver transplant procedure, the surgical staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center failed to remove a towel from inside the patient's body.
        To no one's surprise, the patient filed a malpractice suit, and the challenge of representing the Los Angeles hospital fell to attorney David J. Weiss.
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