A man in California is suing a health center and other unnamed individuals, claiming that part of his tongue was gouged out during a dental procedure, according to a story published recently in the Southern California Record.
James Jordan, who was 73 at the time of his procedure, filed a lawsuit on April 1 in the Superior Court of California in Ventura County against Clinicas del Camino Real, Dr. Jane Doe, and other unnamed individuals accusing them of medical battery, elder abuse, patient abandonment, negligent hiring and supervision, and infliction of emotional distress.
Jordan is seeking compensatory damages for economic losses and emotional distress, as well as at least $2.5 million in punitive damages for their alleged reckless misconduct, according to the story…