MORGANTOWN — A Star City couple is suing Akkary Center for Weight Management & Surgical Services for negligent care during a procedure.
Dr. Ehab Akkary was also named as a defendant in the suit.
Eden Richmond and Nathan Richmond filed the lawsuit after Eden Richmond sought to have a breast reduction to alleviate back and neck pain, according to a complaint filed in Monongalia Circuit Court.
The Richmonds claim Akkary recommended bilateral breast liposuction, but following the surgery, she had many problems including uncontrolled pain, blisters on her breasts and hematomas that developed in one of her breasts.
Akkary "knew or should have known that performing a bilateral breast reduction was not the appropriate procedure for Eden," the complaint states.
The Richmonds claim he breached the standard of care and his substandard treatment of Edem Richmond caused her to develop blisters and hematomas and left her in severe pain. They claim the type of reduction he performed left her breasts nowhere here the size she had desired.
The Richmonds are seeking compensatory and punitive damages. They are represented by Brian J. Headly and Jonathan K. Matthews of Headley Ballard.
Monongalia Circuit Court case number: 21-C-106
