Botched bariatric weight-loss surgery

$7,000,000

Attorney Goodman acted as advisor and strategy consultant and counselor in a case against a hospital and surgeon who botched a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery by reconnecting her lower intestine upside down, causing bile to flow up and out her mouth. Goodman worked with expert physicians and the subsequent treating surgeon to develop graphic illustrations, charts and a video showing the right and wrong ways to perform such a procedure. Pivotal in achieving a major multi-million settlement at mediation was the showing of a “Day in the Life” video that depicted the difficulties the victim encountered in trying to conduct her activities of daily living. Her husband and three minor children were also named as plaintiffs. They recovered significant loss of consortium claims in the eventual settlement.