Million-plus recovery for improper prostate surgery

A retired man from Altoona was mistakenly told that he had prostate cancer and underwent surgery for that “cancer” and ended up impotent. It turns out that the man did not have cancer, and the mistake occurred because the hospital mixed up a sample of his prostate with that of another patient. If the mix-up had not occurred, the man would have never undergone the surgery for cancer that he never had. As a result of our medical malpractice claim, we obtained a significant recovery in excess of a million dollars on behalf of this man and his wife.