When 38-year-old construction worker Curtis Wren allowed neurosurgeon Faisal Albanna to perform bone fusion surgery in 1998 to correct an injury he suffered on the job, he had no idea Albanna had been sued for medical malpractice<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t until that operation forced Wren to visit the emergency room, undergo corrective surgery, retire early, and file his own lawsuit that he learned about those other claims.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been doing medical negligence work \u2026 for 26 or 27 years, and I\u2019ve never seen as many cases filed against one person,\u201d Wren\u2019s lawyer told reporters.<\/p>\n In fact, Albanna has been named as defendant in 50 negligence lawsuits and four wrongful death lawsuits since 1987, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.<\/p>\n So, asked the lawyer of one patient whose spine surgery left him hunched over and in permanent pain, \u201cWhy do the hospitals let a guy like this on staff?\u201d<\/p>\n The answer may lie in the $12 million (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When 38-year-old construction worker Curtis Wren allowed neurosurgeon Faisal Albanna to perform bone fusion surgery in 1998 to correct an injury he suffered on the job, he had no idea Albanna had been sued for medical malpractice. It wasn\u2019t until…<\/span><\/p>\n