FRESNO - The Regional Hand Center and one of its physicians face medical negligence allegations in the Fresno County Superior Court from a Madera County woman who says a botched operation costed her the use of her left arm.
According to documents filed on March 16, plaintiff Sara L. Carter was a patient of the center in July of 2020, when she underwent a procedure by defendant Dr. Ricardo Avena to treat the articular cartilage disorder in her left arm.
In circumstances not described in the suit, Carter accuses the facility and the physician of careless medical, surgical, nursing, laboratory and radiological care that resulted in further damage and loss of use in her arm.
The plaintiff seeks damages deemed appropriate by the court; she is represented by Mitchell Leeds LLP of San Francisco.