Kentucky Appeals Court: Hospital Not Liable For Plastic Found In Woman’s Abdomen

(April 8, 2019, 7:17 PM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A woman and her husband were unable to identify the “mesh-like” piece of plastic removed from her abdomen or prove that it had been accidentally left behind during her C-section several months before, the Kentucky Court of Appeals concluded March 29, affirming a summary judgment ruling for the hospital (Terry Bowling, et al. v. Baptist Healthcare System Inc., et al., Nos. 2017-CA-001833 and 2017-CA-001839, Ky. App., 2019 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 207)....

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