Trevor Noah Sues Orthopedic Surgeon and NYC Hospital for Alleged Negligence
is suing an orthopedic surgeon and the Hospital for Special Surgery, alleging negligence after he underwent an unspecified procedure in November 2020.host was a patient of shoulder, elbow and knee specialist Dr.between August and December 2020, including for surgery, at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
Among Noah's claims of negligence are failure to diagnose and properly treat his condition, prescribe proper medication, discontinue certain medication and use proper exams to diagnosis his conditions. In the lawsuit, he also claims those involved failed to inform him of the "risks, hazards and alternatives to the treatment and medical care and assistance rendered so that an informed consent to said treatment could be given.
"A reasonably prudent person in the position of the plaintiff," the lawsuit states, "would have refused the treatment rendered, had they been so informed of the risks, hazards and alternatives to the treatment rendered.
Because of this, Noah alleges that he was treated by "physicians, nurses and/or employees" of the Hospital for Special Surgery who "were lacking the requisite skills, abilities, competence and capacity, as a result of which plaintiff sustained injuries and complications," the lawsuit reads.
"Since some of his injuries are of a permanent nature," the lawsuit claims, "he will continue to suffer similar damages in the future." E! News has reached out to Noah's rep and attorney for further comment as well as Dr. Williams.
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