Overview
- The suit says surgeons at Selby General Hospital removed Sharon Jacks’s healthy left lower leg in September 2025 instead of the cancer‑affected right leg, and she later had the correct right‑leg amputation at another hospital, leaving her a double amputee.
- Jacks filed a 32‑page complaint in Washington County Common Pleas Court in September 2026 that names the surgeon, members of the surgical team and the hospital and seeks compensatory and punitive damages for gross negligence, battery and reckless conduct.
- The filing alleges safety steps failed: the surgeon had marked the correct leg before surgery and the medical record documents two surgical “time‑outs,” yet the wrong limb was still removed.
- Selby General acknowledged an “adverse surgical event,” said those involved are no longer in their positions, reported mandatory retraining of surgical staff and told regulators it cooperated with an Ohio Department of Health review that the hospital says confirmed its protocols.
- The case is now a pending civil lawsuit that will use court discovery and depositions to determine liability and damages, the surgeon named remains listed as licensed in state records, and the error has produced lasting physical and daily care impacts for Jacks and her family.