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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, is a former physician and {{OBGYN}} in Palm Beach County, Florida. His license to practice medicine was revoked by the [https://flboardofmedicine.gov/ Florida Board of Medicine] on 5 February 2021 with an effective date of 22 February 2021.<ref name="graziosi2024">{{REFnews | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{MD}}, is a former physician and {{OBGYN}} in Palm Beach County, Florida. His license to practice medicine was revoked by the [https://flboardofmedicine.gov/ Florida Board of Medicine] on 5 February 2021 with an effective date of 22 February 2021.<ref name="graziosi2024">{{REFnews | ||
|title=Doctor linked to multiple deaths after severing a baby’s penis in botched circumcision | |title=Doctor linked to multiple deaths after severing a baby’s penis in botched circumcision | ||
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Dr. Lopez has been named as a defendant in numerous cases of malpractice and wrongful death.<ref name="1baltz2024" /> | Dr. Lopez has been named as a defendant in numerous cases of malpractice and wrongful death.<ref name="1baltz2024" /> | ||
===Damages=== | ===Damages=== | ||
The total amount of damages will never be known because three lawsuits, those of infant Earl Buchanan, | The total amount of damages will never be known because three lawsuits, those of infant Earl Buchanan, Joann Catlett, 47, and Baby R.R.R. were settled out of court.<ref name="1baltz2024" /> | ||
The Palm Beach Post reported, "Lopez stopped carrying malpractice insurance about 2003. He's faced five malpractice suits and four disciplinary complaints since then."<ref name="ninesuits2021>{{REFnews | |||
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|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2021/09/23/florida-doctor-medical-malpractice-lawsuits-women-babies-died/8336090002/ | |||
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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation lists two other malpractice settlements for $250,000 for each of the patients.<ref name="ninesuits2021 /> | |||
More recently in 2024, jurors awarded $100 million to the family of a boy who lost a third of his penis during a botched circumcision by Dr. Berto Lopez in West Palm Beach.<ref name="phillips2024">{{REFnews | |||
|title='His last butchered patient': Ex-doctor owes $100 million to family of boy whose penis he severed | |||
|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2024/08/28/palm-beach-county-doctor-berto-lopez-owes-100-million-for-botched-circumcision-severing-babys-penis/74918276007/ | |||
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Dr. Lopez claims he has no money,<ref name="phillips2024" /> so it is unlikely that his victims will be able to collect money damages. | |||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Jean-Marie Huot]] | * [[Jean-Marie Huot]] | ||
* [[Obstetricians and the American circumcision scandal]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | * [[United States of America]] | ||