$9.45 Million Award For Unnecessary Hip Surgery Affirmed By Missouri Court

(March 11, 2019, 8:06 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri Court of Appeals on Feb. 26 affirmed a $9,451,875 jury award to a choreographer and dance instructor that included $5 million in punitive damages against an orthopedic practice whose surgeon performed an unnecessary surgery on his right hip (Benny L. Bell v. Hamid R. Redjal, et al., No. ED106320, Mo. App., Eastern Dist., 2019 Mo. App. LEXIS 267)....

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