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Bladder Mistake Goes to Trial | Bangor News
A major medical malpractice trial looms next week as Emily Mitchell, who suffered a catastrophic bladder removal during ovarian cyst surgery in 2023, prepares to sue Northern Light Health and Inland Hospital for negligence and lack of informed consent. This follows a string of high-profile cases against the same health system, including a record $23 million verdict for paralysis — one of Maine’s largest malpractice awards. Rarely do these cases reach trial, and even rarer still do plaintiffs win — but this one could be different, especially as Northern Light declines to comment, citing jury…
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