{Kentucky}...Jury selection begins Thursday in a lawsuit brought by Phillip Seaton of Waddy and his wife, Deborah, against Dr. John Patterson of Louisville. The Seatons sued Patterson in Shelby County Circuit Court in 2008 after an operation resulted in the amputation of Phillip Seaton's penis. Seaton, now in his 60s, was having the procedure on October 19, 2007, to treat inflammation. Dr. Patterson maintains he found cancer in the man's penis during surgery and that it had to be removed, but Seaton claims the surgery was supposed to be a circumcision and he never authorized the amputation, nor was he given a chance to seek a second opinion. Kevin George, the attorney for the Seatons, says Patterson's post-surgical notes show he thought he detected cancer and removed the penis, but the situation was not an emergency, and it didn't have to happen that way. The Seatons are seeking unspecified damages from Patterson for "loss of service, love and affection.'' The Seatons also sued Jewish Hospital, where the surgery took place. The hospital settled with the Seatons for an undisclosed amount.
