Jury Awards Missouri Woman $507K in Needle-in-Back Case

September 6, 2016

A Missouri woman who has lived with a hypodermic needle lodged in her back for nearly seven years has been awarded a $507,000 judgment in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis County jury last week sided with Claudia Ball after a four-day trial.

In 2011, Ball sued Dr. Catherine Doty and the Allied Physicians Group LLC, which ran the now-closed Breakthrough Pain Relief Clinic in Chesterfield.

Ball accused the doctor of negligence for embedding an inch-and-a-half needle in her back during a 2009 injection treatment for bulging and degenerative discs.

Ball’s lawyer says efforts to extract the needle have failed.

Ryan Gavin, an attorney for Doty and Allied Physicians Group, said his clients are disappointed in the verdict and plan to appeal.

Topics Missouri

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  • September 6, 2016 at 4:04 pm
    Agent says:
    Jack, my wife has had numerous back procedures including cortisone injections, fusions, spinal stimulators and the doctor has yet to leave any needles or instruments in her ba... read more
  • September 6, 2016 at 2:24 pm
    Jack Kanauph says:
    She has a botched medical procedure and a needle stuck in her back and she gets $507,000. Gretchen Carlson gets hit on by Roger Ailes and she gets $20,000,000. Seems fair.
  • September 6, 2016 at 2:21 pm
    Agent says:
    Really??????? Can't get a needle out of her back for 7 years?

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