-> ST> MS>     If routine circumcision _is_ "malpractice", just what are
-> ST> MS> _damages_?       There are no lost wages.  The plaintiff has
-> ST> MS> (himself) sustained any medical costs unless the operation go
-> ST> MS> badly.
-> ST>
-> ST>    Does malpractice require a financial loss?
->
-> Generally a plaintiff cannot recover unless damages are shown.
-> You can't get a court to order you compensated for someone's
-> negligent driving near you unless you (or your car) were somehow
-> hurt.
->
I would thing that by loss of the nerve endings and the recoptors, and
the nerves themselves, would open up grounds for negligence.  Loosing
40 precent of the shaft shin of the penins, skin that will eventually
be about 15 suare inches of skin in the adult male is a lot os "loss".
James
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