IN THE COURTS

07/12/2012     

OH Podiatrist Facing 8 Malpractice Lawsuits

Eight patients have active medical-malpractice lawsuits against Dr. Leonard Janis, a Hilliard podiatrist, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Four of the patients had complications from ankle surgeries that led to amputations. Janis also is a defendant in a wrongful-death action.

Five of the lawsuits also name Grant Medical Center or its parent company, OhioHealth, where Janis performed surgery for nearly 26 years until he resigned his privileges in February. Janis also resigned his privileges at Doctors Hospital, an OhioHealth facility with which he had been affiliated since 1979. Robin Yocum, a spokesman for the doctor, said Janis performs about 600 surgeries a year and “takes on a lot of high-risk cases that other physicians aren’t willing to take on."

Source: John Futty, The Columbus Dispatch [7/9/12]