Woman awarded $9.8 million in malpractice case
A civil verdict of almost $10 million was returned Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by a Lexington hairdresser who became a paraplegic after routine heart surgery. A Fayette Circuit Court jury assigned 31 percent of fault . or $3,057,894.49 . to the surgeon, Dr. Michael Sekela of Surgical Associates of Lexington. The verdicts against the other defendants, Fresenius Medical Care and Central
