Fw: Breasts Enlarged to 40DD -- Without Permission

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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 1:34 PM

Subject: Breasts Enlarged to 40DD -- Without Permission

~~~ thanks to Shirley for this info. Dr. Shaw has always enjoyed a good

reputation, to my knowledge with UCLA Medical. ~~~

http://dailynews./h/nm/20010426/od/breasts_dc_1.html

Reuters Ý

Thursday April 26 9:57 AM ET

Breasts Enlarged to 40DD -- Without Permission

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California Appeals Court has upheld a jury's

decision to give a woman $1.08 million because a doctor surgically

enlarged her breasts without her permission, but the woman has decided

against getting the operation reversed because she no longer trusts

doctors.

An attorney for said she was ``ecstatic'' that a 2nd District

Court of Appeal Panel in Los Angeles on Monday upheld a Superior Court

jury finding that Dr. Shaw committed battery when he enlarged her

breasts during surgery intended just to remove saggy excess skin. He

enlarged her breasts from size 34B to 40DD.

``She's totally ecstatic and she feels that she got justice,'' attorney

Larry Feldman said. He added his client never went for a breast reduction

because ``she's lost faith in the medical profession.''

In the decision, the appeals panel relied on a California Supreme Court

ruling that a doctor who receives consent to do one type of treatment on a

patient but performs another without consent commits battery.