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74-year-old Ohio woman sues hospital for amputating her left leg. Surgery was supposed to be on her right leg

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Sharon Jacks, a 74-year-old Ohio resident and Army veteran, filed a lawsuit in Washington County Common Pleas Court against Selby General Hospital and nine other defendants over an error that led to the amputation of her left leg instead of her right in September 2025. Four months later, she had to undergo another surgery, resulting in both legs being amputated below the knee. Jacks claims gross negligence, battery, and reckless conduct caused by the medical team’s failure to correctly identify the limb for the initial procedure aimed at treating skin cancer. Her attorney emphasizes that this error drastically altered her daily life.

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Sharon Jacks, a 74-year-old woman from Marietta, Ohio, filed a lawsuit on September 15, 2025, after she woke up following surgery at Selby General Hospital to find her left leg amputated instead of her right as intended. The surgery was meant to remove her lower right leg due to squamous cell carcinoma treatment. Her attorney, Brad Layne, stated that despite correct markings on the intended limb before the operation, the surgical team mistakenly amputated the wrong leg. Four months later, Jacks had to undergo another amputation of her right leg, making her a double amputee. The lawsuit names nine defendants, including hospital staff and the medical team involved in the surgery, alleging gross negligence and reckless conduct leading to significant physical and emotional harm.

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Sharon Jacks filed a lawsuit this month in Washington County Common Pleas Court in Marietta, Ohio, claiming that her left leg was amputated at Selby General Hospital in September 2025 while the surgery was meant to remove her right leg.

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🔮 “Defendants acted willfully, wantonly, recklessly, maliciously, and with conscious disregard for the substantial certainty of catastrophic injury,” the 32-page lawsuit added.

2026-09-30 · Times of India

74-year-old Ohio woman sues hospital for amputating her left leg. Surgery was supposed to be on her right leg · assertive framing

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A 74-year-old Ohio woman, an Army veteran, has both legs amputated below the knee as a wrong operation removed the wrong leg, and then, to correct that, she had to undergo another amputation. asserted

she → have → amputation

surgery → file → leg

Four months after the wrong surgery, Jacks underwent the originally intended amputation and now she is a double amputee. asserted

she → undergo → amputation

Jacks and her husband named nine defendants in the suit, including the hospital and Jacks’ medical and surgical teams, accusing them of gross negligence, battery and reckless conduct. asserted

Jacks → name → negligence

Jacks “suffered physical injury, permanent disability, pain and suffering, emotional distress, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, medical expenses and other damages,” the lawsuit stated. asserted

lawsuit → suffer → life

“Defendants acted willfully, wantonly, recklessly, maliciously, and with conscious disregard for the substantial certainty of catastrophic injury,” the 32-page lawsuit added. asserted

lawsuit → act → injury

The original surgery was recommended to Jacks for the treatment of a type of skin cancer. asserted

surgery → recommend → cancer

Her attorney, Brad Layne, said that during the first surgery, the team of doctors marked the correct leg but then amputated the wrong leg. asserted

team → say → leg

They realized the error during the procedure and told Jacks' family before she woke up. asserted

she → realize → family

“The mark was still on the correct leg after the wrong leg had been taken off,” Layne claimed. asserted

Layne → take → leg

The hospital called this mishap an "avoidable event" and said it retrained all of its surgical staff and those who were involved in Jacks' operation were removed from their positions. asserted

who → call → positions

DrvGregory Krivchenia II, who is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, performed the wrong surgery and is still licensed to practice in Ohio, NBC News reported. asserted

News → list → Ohio

Layne said the wrong-site amputation has changed everything in his client’s life, from her ability to get dressed to her ability to cook for herself. asserted

amputation → say → herself

“I would be wrong if I said things were great, of course. asserted

things → say → course

They’re taking it, day by day, her and her husband, just trying to get through life,” Layne said. asserted

Layne → take → life