Florida Woman Awarded $8.25 Million For Botched Plastic Surgery
A.P. NAPLES — A jury has awarded a Lee County woman $8.25 million after she lost both her breasts in a botched plastic surgery, her attorney said.Christy Allis was awarded the money this week as part of a medical malpractice lawsuit, according to her attorney Jeff Garvin.Allis was 28 when she had a breast lift and augmentation in 2003 by Naples surgeon Dr. Luciano Boemi. During the surgery at the Bonita Bay Surgical Center in Bonita Springs, blood supply to Allis was cut off, resulting in her breasts turning black and forming a hard, dry tissue, Garvin said.Thirteen surgeries were needed to repair open wounds and try to reshape some of the remaining tissue, he said.The amount of the award was appropriate “given the amount of suffering Christy has endured,” Garvin said.
An attorney for Boemi said there were five issues raised in the lawsuit and that four of tem were decided in the doctor’s favor. “A past president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons testified in full support of Dr. Boemi,” Ted Copeland said.