An Ohio woman is a victim of a double amputation after her surgeon allegedly mistook her right leg for her left.
Sharon Jacks is now suing a Selby General Hospital surgeon after the planned below-the-knee amputation of her right leg was allegedly botched, leaving her with no legs.
According to a 32-page lawsuit filed by Jacks and her attorney Brad Layne, the performance of the surgeon ‘constituted a complete failure of basic patient safety procedures and represented a never event under accepted healthcare standards.’
Though Jacks was scheduled to have her cancer-plagued right leg removed in September 2025, the complaint alleges that the
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