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Man awarded $870K after doctors remove wrong testicle

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania jury has awarded $870,000 to a man whose surgeon removed the wrong testicle.

Steven Haines, 54, sued Dr. V. Spencer Long, whom Haines went to see in 2013 after suffering pain in his right testicle for 15 years. According to The Washington Post, an ultrasound revealed that the testicle had atrophied after damage from a previous injury, and surgical removal of the testicle was scheduled to help alleviate Hanes's pain.

Long performed the operation, known as orchiectomy, at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon — but removed Haines' healthy left testicle instead of the damaged right one.

A Huntingdon County jury on Wednesday found Long was "recklessly indifferent" and awarded Haines $620,000 for pain and suffering plus $250,000 in punitive damages. Long declined to comment after the verdict.

Haines' attorney, Braden Lepisto, told The Washington Post that to this day, "it's still not totally clear" how the mistake occurred.

"The doctor gave an explanation that really made no anatomical or medical sense," Lepisto told the newspaper. "He claimed that he removed the testicle that was on the right side of the scrotum and the testicle had a spermatic cord that led to the left side of the body.

"Essentially, the doctor claimed that the testicles had switched sides at some point."

The hospital told the Post that Long no longer works there.

Though disturbing, such cases in which surgeons operate on the wrong body part are very rare. According to a 2006 analysis of nearly 3 million operations, the rate of wrong-site surgery was 1 in 112,994 cases.

In 2014, one such case made headlines when a Texas man sued his doctors for mistakenly removing his healthy kidney instead of his cancerous one. A similar case happened in 2013 when doctors at a prominent hospital in New York City removed the wrong kidney from a man who been on dialysis because of two diseased kidneys.

Haines' lawyer says the man remains in pain, but has a "debilitating fear" of seeking further treatment for his problem. The attorney says Haines will need testosterone treatment for the rest of his life if he loses the remaining testicle.

I've already told the German government to "fuck off", so CBS doesn't rate too high in my book.

For those that don't know, or remember, EA was contacted by a some lunatic in the German government about German stories, and access to the site by Germans.

They demanded we removed German material, members, stories, and restrict access.

My reaction was less than serene.

Paolo wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:10 pm I've already told the German government to "fuck off", so CBS doesn't rate too high in my book.

For those that don't know, or remember, EA was contacted by a some lunatic in the German government about German stories, and access to the site by Germans.

They demanded we removed German material, members, stories, and restrict access.

My reaction was less than serene.

Copyright law allows for academic and educational uses, especially non commercial, if properly attributed. Of course just cause it's legal doesn't mean lawyers might try to intimidate you...

That s a big legal victory for all mature men who are past their usual prime ages to have kids, like this man at age 54, to get paid that much for one testicle. The dr was a total dumbass to have both balls hanging side by side to so easily compare for atrophy in size and he still cuts off the wrong nut. Even if he stupidly grabbed the wrong cords, just pulling the cords would clearly show which ball they moved and were atached to for any moron to double check before he cuts it off.

Great the judge and jury punished that rotten dr to the max. But its really surprising a 54 year old man who is likely past needing his nads for breeding and has enjoyed them for decades of sex already, can get so much money for one testicle. A younger man losing one nut is giving up way more than a 54 year old is.

And to think of all the men of different ages who were eagerly searching online a few years ago for anyone to buy their healthy testicles for $30,000 each after that reality show on cheapskates had a guy claiming to sell his one testicle for medical research for $30,000. Think how many men would line up to sell each ball for $870,000. Men all over the world would be offering their balls at that price and for way less cash.

Makes you wonder how the judge and jury calculated a value for this man s one nut and how that discussion went debating what price was the best amount and why? It doesn t say if he had any kids or not, but it sounds like his intact ball produced enough testosterone for him. But that it hurt a lot for 15 years and he wanted it off.

Wonder what price a boy, teen, or very young man still needing theirs for making babies and enjoying sex would get compared to this 54 year old?

A world higher than the worker s comp payouts for a man losing a nut on the job pays a man.

Amazing his ball got such a huge price.