What's a testicle worth?

[JesusA (imported)]

Pennsylvania man awarded $870,000 after doctor removes wrong testicle

Dan Gunderman

New York Daily News

16 June 2017

A Pennsylvania man has been awarded $870,000 after a doctor removed the wrong testicle during a surgery in 2013, according to Fox 43 (http://fox43.com/2017/06/16/pennsylvani ... im-870000/).

Steven Hanes, 54, of Mount Union, Pa., was operated on to remove a painful right testicle, after experiencing pain for years. Medical imaging showed that the testicle was nearly half the size of the other, the same outlet (http://fox43.com/2017/06/16/pennsylvani ... im-870000/)reports.

However, Hanes discovered that his left testicle — the healthy one — had been removed in the procedure.

A Pennsylvania jury allowed for Hanes to receive $620,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.

The latter part of that award is a result of the jury finding the surgeon, Dr. Valley Spencer Long, “recklessly indifferent” in his treatment of Hanes, Fox 43 (http://fox43.com/2017/06/16/pennsylvani ... im-870000/) writes.

It is the first medical malpractice verdict in the immediate area in at least 25 years.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.3253079

[Prismatic (imported)]

Shame it had to happen to someone who wanted to keep their healthy ball.

I wonder if someone without children would receive more compensation than someone with children.

[ambiguous (imported)]

Thats what you would call a total result for a member of this group get neutered and trouser $870,000 nice:D.

Even for a straight healthy guy this settlement seems a bit extreme and it can only impact on insurance premiums further down the line.

[tugon (imported)]

A wrong side surgery is inexcusable. Pre surgery many are annoyed when they are asked many time which hip is being replaced, which lung, which kidney is being removed. It is a safety check. It is not the insurance premiums for the patient that will increase but the malpractice insurance for the doctor. As many know even with T replacement you are never quite the same. When your life is altered in a way you would never choose for yourself I think the settlement is fair. Remember the attorney will take his share so the victim of the botched surgery will not receive all the money stated.

[nutless1 (imported)]

That surgery result would have been perfectly fine and dandy for me, as my doctor correctly removed my right testicle, and is doing the wait-and-see routine on the left testicle, although I'd rather have both removed during one surgery.