A malpractice suit filed today in Jasper County Circuit Court claims a hernia surgery performed at Freeman Health System Surgical Associates left him permanently disabled and in pain.
The plaintiff in the case is Travis Newman McKinney, Joplin.
Listed as defendants are Freeman-Oak Hill Health System, Freeman Health System, Freeman Surgical Associates and Cory B. Emmert D. O.
From the petition:
On or about March 23, 2023, Defendant Emmert performed surgery to repair plaintiff’s hernia. During the course of said procedure Emmert stitched and injured the ilioinguinal nerve. Defendants continued to treat the plaintiff thru March 4th, 2024.That defendants were negligent in identifying and preserving the nerves at or near the site of the aforesaid operative procedure, in stitching the said nerves and in failing to recognize that the nerves had been stitched and damaged prior to exiting the operative field.
The aforesaid negligent conduct of the defendants proximately caused or contributed to cause permanent pain and disability, medical treatment, medical expense and loss of income both past and future.
The aforesaid negligent conduct of the defendants proximately caused or contributed to cause permanent pain and disability, medical treatment, medical expense and loss of income both past and future.
McKinney is represented by G. Michael Fatall, Kansas City.
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