An Oregon doctor who was “in a rush” to leave work injected rubbing alcohol into a woman instead of a local anesthetic before removing her toenails, leaving her with “severe and permanent injuries,” a lawsuit says.
Sarah Blackman was at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Hillsboro for a ”bilateral toenail-removal procedure” to remove two ingrown toenails when the doctor injected 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol “in lieu” of the local anesthetic, according to a legal complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court and obtained by Law&Crime.
Blackman and her husband are seeking $13 million from Kaiser for negligence, medical malpractice and loss of “society, companionship, comfort, affection, and conjugal relations,” as well as the loss of Blackman’s “contribution to household services, including cooking, cleaning, errands, and shared family responsibilities; and the loss of the emotional support and partnership she previously provided,” per the complaint…