A Cuyahoga County, Ohio jury has returned a favorable verdict after finding a plastic surgeon responsible for causing a fire in an operating room. Cleveland Attorney, Peter H. Weinberger with the Ohio law firm of Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP represented the victim of this medical malpractice lawsuit.

Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) May 5, 2009 -- Verdict is in on the malpractice case against plastic surgeon Dr. Bryan Michelow and his corporation Contemporary Cosmetics, Inc in favor of his patient Lauren Wargo in the amount of $872,000 as a result of second degree burns she suffered on her face and neck caused by a fire in an operating room at the Zeeba Surgery Center.

Lauren, age 20, was having a mole removed from her right eyebrow and was sedated and receiving oxygen supplementation via a face mask when Dr. Michelow activated an electocautery "device known as a bovie which caused a fire to erupt in the operating room". Ms. Wargo alleged that Dr. Michelow was negligent in failing to communicate to the anesthesia assistant who was controlling the oxygen that he was going to use the bovie so that the anesthesia assistant would know to turn off the oxygen. During the trial, Dr. Michelow blamed this anesthesia assistant for not knowing that he was going to use the bovie. The jury exonerated the anesthesia assistant and found Dr. Michelow 100% responsible for the fire.

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