A woman is claiming a Florida surgeon who operated on her husband caused his death when the doctor removed his liver instead of his spleen. According to Florida law, a pre-suit process — which may ...

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (WKRC) - The lawsuit accuses the surgeon of mistakenly removing a liver instead of a spleen, resulting in the death of a patient. Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in ...

A recent incident involving a Florida surgeon removing a liver when he was meant to remove a spleen has brought Florida’s so-called “free kill” law, which is a strange outlier among wrongful death ...

Searches around Florida’s controversial “free kill” law began trending after Florida surgeon Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky allegedly removed a patient’s liver instead of their spleen during a hand-assisted ...