Released on = March 17, 2006, 12:36 pm

Press Release Author = Benjamin W. Glass, III & Associates, PC

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = The parents of a three year old Haymarket, Virginia child
have filed suit against the employer of an orthopedic surgeon, and the surgical
center where an operation was performed, after the surgeon and he surgical center
pointed fingers at each other for failing to remove a tourniquet on the child\'s
wrist after surgery.

Press Release Body = A lawsuit has been filed in the Circuit Court of Fairfax
County against the employer of a local orthopedic surgeon and surgical center after
a tourniquet was left on child's wrist after surgery and the doctor and the surgical
center each point the finger at the other for the mishap.

In the lawsuit, the parents of Megan Curtis allege that C. Michael Reing, MD and
the Fairfax Surgical Center, negligently left a tourniquet on one of Megan's wrists
following surgery to release tendons on both thumbs. The lawsuit alleges that both
defendants have blamed the other for the mishap. As a result of the error, Megan
Curtis's parents allege that she suffered pain, disfigurement and scarring on the
wrist.

Megan's mother, Lisa Curtis said "We were shocked to find that the tourniquet was
not removed after the surgery, especially after we complained about Megan's pain.
We were even more shocked to later find that everyone involved just wanted to point
the finger at someone else. They forced us to hire an attorney to find out what
really happened."

Benjamin W. Glass, III, attorney for the Curtis family said: "Doctors and hospitals
want increasing immunity and other protections from malpractice lawsuits in
Virginia yet when obvious negligence occurs, they play games and force people to
hire lawyers. Doctors and hospitals want lots of legal protection yet when obvious
malpractice occurs they often refuse to accept responsibility. The public is
usually astonished to see what really goes on behind the scenes of a medical
malpractice lawsuit."

The lawsuit seeks $25,000 in damages. No trial date has been set. The case is Megan
Curtis, a minor, by and through her parents Lee Curtis and Lisa Curtis v. Fairfax
Surgical Center and Pediatric Orthopedic and Scoliosis Associates. Civil Action
CL2006-2831.


Mr. Glass is a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney in Fairfax, VA.
Pleadings in this case are available.



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