A New York jury has awarded a $60 million verdict to a Bronx Woman in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against a Queens County plastic surgeon.

According to court documents, Alison Hugh of Bronx, New York, went to Dr. Ferdinand A. Ofodile for a thigh lift procedure. The surgery left Hugh with significant injuries and a deformity to the labia of her vagina. The deformity sustained during the procedure is permanent and cannot be surgically corrected.

Attorneys for Hugh successfully argued that Dr. Ofodile failed to  provide her with informed consent and did not inform her of the risks involved in such a procedure, including the risk of vaginal opening and deformity. The jury also found that Dr. Ofodile failed to use proper surgical techniques by leaving to much tension in the skin of Hugh's groin area.

The jury also agreed that Ofodile deviated from good and accepted medical practices in the surgery.

Hugh was awarded $10 million in past pain and suffering and $50 million in future pain and suffering.

Filing a Philadelphia medical malpractice claim cannot undo the pain and suffering you and your family has experienced. However, legal action can help you battle the severe financial losses that victims of medical negligence commonly experience as well as prevent damage to future patients by raising awareness to flaws in a particular hospital's system.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of Philadelphia medical malpractice or negligence, please contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to learn more about the legal options available to injured patients. Please call 215-238-1130.