Jury Awards Damages in Circumcision Lawsuit
A Georgia jury has ordered two doctors to pay a combined $2.3 million for their role in a botched circumcision. According to the lawsuit, the attending obstetrician and the boyâ??s pediatrician were negligent for failing to properly respond when part of the boyâ??s penis was severed during the procedure. The jury award provides $1.8 million in compensatory damages for the boy and $500,000 in compensatory damages for the boyâ??s mother.


