Posted on 05/05/2015 11:18:45 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida man is suing a hospital after his amputated leg was found in the trash.
According to the Miami Herald, the Key Largo man went to Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables to have his leg amputated below his knee. The hospital then threw the leg away instead of incinerating it, which is the normal practice.
The man found out about the incident when homicide detectives knocked on his door and asked him why his leg was found at a waste management facility with the man's name tag still attached.
Hospital officials have not explained how the mistake was made. Doctor's Hospital released a statement, saying in part, "When Doctors Hospital was notified of this situation, hospital leaders took immediate and appropriate measures to address it. Proper procedures have been reinforced at the hospital to prevent similar situations from happening in the future."
In the man's lawsuit, he claims emotional distress. The lawsuit claims the man suffered an invasion of privacy, embarrassment and humiliation because of the incident.
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
“Hey this is mine”
I guess he still has one.
Is his name Neal?
Shouldn’t the police have gone to the hospital? What, were they going to charge him with littering?
Does he work at IHOP?
I wonder if the person who found the leg at the dump will also sue?
beat me to it!
Just pulling his leg.
What if it had been an arm? That would have meant they would have had to have looked for a one armed man as the suspect.
What a waste!
Think of all the starving children in Africa who could have had a good meal off that.
I found the part about the cops going to the ‘leg owner’ a bit odd also. Common sense dictates that on examination of the waste, and noticing it was mixed with easily identified non-biological hospital refuse, they’d go immediately to the hospital, not Mr Sansleg.
You’re right. Its an uphill battle. If he tries to pursue his claim, he’ll have more trouble than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.
“Man, now that’s a real shame when folks be throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that.”
aaaah the separated leg managed to find its way back to its owner. That’s so amazing.
“Come clean. We know it belongs to you”
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