Mealey's (May 7, 2019, 11:31 AM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida jury awarded $11,882,175.48 on April 9 to a man whose leg was amputated after knee replacement surgery and his wife. The couple maintained that the orthopedic surgeon who conducted knee replacement surgery failed to take a complete medical history before the procedure and failed to detect an infection afterward (Matthew Standley, et al. v. Melvin H. Rech, No. 16-019088, Fla. Cir., 17th Jud. Cir., Broward Co.)....