Mary Jaye Hall and Kelsey Weiss obtained a defense verdict on April 11, 2025 for an Alachua County Obstetrician & Gynecologist.

Mary Jaye Hall and Kelsey Weiss obtained a defense verdict on April 11, 2025 for an Alachua County Obstetrician & Gynecologist. This case involved alleged failure to recognize and treat a bowel perforation following a necessary surgery to address ongoing complications from endometriosis. The patient had been experiencing pain, bleeding and other symptoms for over two decades. After all other options had been exhausted, including a prior hysterectomy and management with medications, she underwent a vaginal cuff revision and right ovary removal procedure to address additional endometrial implants. Three days after the surgery, a perforation was identified and an additional surgery was performed to resect part of the sigmoid colon and place a temporary colostomy. Thereafter, the patient had several revisions to her colostomy and eventually an ileostomy, completely unrelated to our client’s care. Within two years of her initial surgery, she underwent a reconstruction surgery and is no longer treating with any health care providers for this issue. The Plaintiff claimed our client should have recognized the perforation at the time of surgery and, had he done so, the various follow up procedures would not have been necessary. However, our team presented the jury with the thorough approach taken by our client to assess the bowel for injury at the time of the procedure and explained how these injuries can start as partial thickness (undetectable) and progress over time. Additionally, we explained how a colostomy would have been required even if the injury had been identified at the time simply based on that area of the body, a known risk that had been explained to the patient before the procedure. Ultimately, the jury concluded there was no negligence on the part of our client resulting in a complete defense verdict.