Maryland - Arguments began Monday in a federal lawsuit alleging that a Maryland doctor stapled a man's rectum shut during an operation, rendering him unable to move his bowels for 17 days, the Baltimore Examiner reported. Ronald Watkins, 64, of West Virginia, has accused Dr. (Story continues below)
Manuel Casiano, a doctor in Frederick County, Maryland for botching a September 2004 surgery that left him with permanent bowel problems, according to the report. But an attorney representing Casiano told jurors the doctor did not staple Watkins' buttocks shut. (Continue story) |