Hulk Hogan Brings Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Surgery Company

Laser spine institute malpractice – It is very important for medical professionals and medical organizations to not engage in surgical negligence when caring for patients. Such negligence can cause great harm to patients. Such harm can be very impactful on a patient’s life.

Recently, a celebrity medical malpractice case has arisen involving allegations of surgical negligence. The case involves the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and a surgery company. Reportedly, Hogan underwent surgical procedures at a facility of the surgery company.

Hogan has accused the surgery company of surgical negligence. Specifically, Hogan alleges that the surgeries that were performed on him at the surgery company’s facility were ineffective and unnecessary and that the surgery company should have known that the procedures would not be effective on him.

According to Hogan, undergoing these surgeries caused him a variety of harm, including:

• Increased spinal instability
• Bone loss
• Loss of lucrative wrestling opportunities

According to the article on the Tampa Bay Times’ website which reported this story, Hogan has brought a lawsuit in a court in Florida in connection to these allegations of surgical negligence. The surgery company and three doctors have been named as defendants in this lawsuit. One wonders what will ultimately happen in this laser spine institute malpractice case.

As the allegations in this case underscore, surgical negligence can be very harmful to patients. No patient should have to be subjected to such negligence. One hopes that medical professionals and medical organizations are held accountable when they commit surgical negligence and such negligence causes a patient to suffer harm.

Source: Dallas Hartman, “Hulk Hogan Files $50 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuit,” Jan. 25, 2013