Maine woman awarded $17M after bladder accidentally removed in routine cyst surgery

Emily Mitchell suffered irreversible organ loss requiring emergency surgery, eight months of external drainage tubes, recurrent infections, and permanent reconstructive procedures with lifelong medical dependency.

In a Kennebec County courtroom last Thursday, a jury placed a $17 million figure beside the name of Emily Mitchell — a measure of what was taken from her when surgeons removed her bladder during what was meant to be routine ovarian cyst surgery in March 2023. The error set in motion years of external drainage tubes, recurring infections, and ultimately the reconstruction of a new bladder fashioned from her own intestine. The verdict, the largest of its kind in the county's history, cannot restore what was lost, but it stands as a formal acknowledgment that some harms demand more than silence —

Maine woman awarded $17M after bladder accidentally removed in routine cyst surgery

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