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$60 Million Medical Malpractice Pain and Suffering Verdict Reduced on Appeal to $600,000

By John Hochfelder on August 29, 2011
Posted in Medical Malpractice

Allison Hugh was 380 pounds in 2002 when she underwent successful gastric bypass surgery. Reduced to 185 pounds, the then 38 year old  Ms. Hugh was left with massive amounts of excess skin on her arms, abdomen and thighs.

To remove the unsightly and uncomfortable excess skin on her thighs,  medial thigh lift surgery …

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