Medical spa injuries could be the next trend in personal injury litigation, according to The New York Law Journal.
According to The New York Law Journal, medical spas are facilities where small plastic surgery procedures – such as those to remove unwanted facial hair, wrinkles an acne scars – are performed. They should not be confused with day spas, where clients can receive facials, massages and other treatments.
According to the Law Journal article, most states require that the plastic surgery procedures being performed at medical spas be supervised by a doctor. Sadly, that doesn’t always happen, and injuries can result. According to one personal injury attorney interviewed by the Journal, because medical spas are becoming more popular, an explosion of litigation involving such facilities could be on the horizon.
Plaintiffs in these cases can often win big judgments and settlements, the Law Journal said. For instance, earlier this year a North Carolina woman won a $500,000 judgment against a medical spa over a serious blood infection she allegedly developed from a procedure to reduce fat in her stomach.
