Celebrity Justice
Patient to Dr. Adams -- You Ruined My Life

In a lawsuit filed less than two weeks ago, another woman claims she's the victim of medical malpractice at the hands of Dr. Jan Adams.

In a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court on October 31, 2007, Rhonda McClain claims Dr. Adams and Euclid Outpatient Surgery Center were responsible for "mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering."

TMZ spoke with McClain about the surgery, conducted on March 10, 2007. She told us she's now left with one implant and claims she nearly bled to death. She also says Dr. Adams has ruined her life.

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61. She is rich, her son is famous, and she dies having cosmetic surgery? Maybe the moral of the story is, dont have cosmetic surgery when your 58, Its her own fault, who was she trying to impress anyways? that did not work out so well, this just shows how much these dam people can not just be happy with all the money they have, so good job... maybe kanye should go have a nose job now, or a face lift, "retards"

Posted at 2:49PM on Nov 17th 2007 by T.Nines

62. WOW! Harvey must have got turned down for a free breast job by the good Dr. "I am Mr. TMZ, will you make my supple?"

Posted at 12:35PM on Nov 14th 2007 by Rod

63. ALL PEOPLE WHO GET PLASTIC SURGERY ARE INFORMED OF THE RISKS. All of these new claims are bogus and these people are just after a law suit.

People who gets plastic surgery look like freaks anyway. So, this person was soooo unhappy with the way she looked before. How much improvement could one person make. She thought that she would finally be happy with her appearance once she had surgery but instead she feels the same way as before she had the surgery.

Seriously, sweeheart, you need mental help. I mean that in both helpful and insulting way.

TRUE TMZ STYLE: Blow things out of proportion by playing on the ignorance of the average person.

Posted at 5:22PM on Nov 13th 2007 by This is sad

64. Reviews for this "doctor" can be found at ratemds.com with the following link: http://ratemds.com/filecache/doctor-ratings.jsp?did=9959

Posted at 5:40PM on Nov 13th 2007 by fred flin stone

65. MAN THESE ARE SOME FUNNY COMMENTS... HIS MOTHER DIED SO WHAT, MY MOTHER IS DEAD FROM CANCER... LIFE GOES ON.. I HOPE THIS STORY DOES. SOOOOON

Posted at 5:59PM on Nov 13th 2007 by SMOOKIN GIRL

66. TMZ It is extremely irresponsible for you to print the names of the patients and the ex-girlfriend. You are way out of line. take those names down immediately!

Posted at 7:20PM on Nov 13th 2007 by kellygrrrl

67. Look if the first doctor she went to said wait a minute I want you to get checked out by anopther doctor before I do this then hey Why didn't Dr. Adam suggest the same thing !!! Obviously the first doctor noticed something.

Posted at 6:19PM on Nov 13th 2007 by Mydaisydew

68. He sounds like an incompetent slimeball, but the bottom line is she knew she had a preexisting heart condition and failed to consult with an internist prior to undergoing the "cosmetic" procedure. Her bad, not his.

Posted at 6:32PM on Nov 13th 2007 by Carol Ray

69. Why in the world should we be upset as adults when Maryland schools trumpts parents rights to decide on health care for their child. A parent can have some vital information concerning a child's health that the schools are not aware of and oops, those birth control pills should not have been mixed with that other medicine. I am so sorry for your lost will be the next words out of there mouth. In the case of Ms. West, she possibly got a second not so good opinion or went to some one who would give her what she wanted. No better or worst than illegal abortions. Also, Kanye will probably fight for legislation along with others so this will not happen again, this is only the time the wheels of justice wake up. Remember those kids before its too late.

Posted at 5:39PM on Nov 14th 2007 by PMD

70. 1. I feel saddness for the West family and their loss. BUT, West choose to have surgery and their are risks that do involve death. I'm sure she must have known that especially if she had a pre-exisiting medical condition. I'm sure it was explained to her many times by each doctor she consulted with.

2. I personally feel most sorry for Dr. Adams. The media, especially TMZ have destroyed this man and there still isn't any evidence that he did anything wrong. What happens if they find that her death was not caused by anything that Dr. Adams did? Who is going to give this man his reputation back? Every patient who ever had any problem after surgery with him will be coming out of the woodwork to sue him. Kick him while he's down. Just because he's been sued doesn't mean he did something wrong. We live in a sue happy society. People can allege anything. Anything to get free money out of "rich" doctors. PLEASE! This man has past DUI's. Now everyone is alleging he was drunk while operating or use that to paint this doctor as a bad doctor. Many doctors drink. Nobody has a perfect past. People expect doctors to be perfect and have a perfect personal life. Doctors are not perfect. Remember, there is RISK with any surgery. Why all of this poor Kanye's Mom, when she is the one who chose to have surgery knowing there is the risk of dieing. There will always be a patient(s) who are not satisfied, but I'm sure there are alot more that are satisfied. How many surgeries has Dr. Adams done in his career? Just because someone settles a lawsuit does NOT mean the doctor is guilty. Anyone who knows anything about lawsuits or have experienced them, knows they are overwhelmingly stressful. Settlement does not mean guilty. It can also mean- Here's some money and Go away! Dr. Robert Rey- Mr. 90210- isn't board certified. He's a good doctor. Dr. Rey has had patients who didn't have perfect or good results. Dr. Rey has had patients that were not satisfied with the results of surgery with him. Dr. Rey has had malpractice lawsuits filed against him- not sure what the outcome was, but he's had them. If anyone out there can find a doctor without any lawsuits filed against them, I'd be really surprised. If there are some out there it's because they just got out of training and haven't expereinced any sue happy people YET or they aren't very busy doctors.
3. Dr. Adams, keep your head up high. Be prepared for rough times. There are people who know you are a good man and are a talented Surgeon. I've heard good things about him and that he does excellent work.
4. What happend to innocent until proven guilty?
5. Stop the revenge. Stop the finger pointing.
6. I feel sorry for all doctors out there and anyone considering going into medicine should consider a different career with less personal risk.

Posted at 1:06PM on Nov 14th 2007 by KT

71. THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reports are now stating that yet another patient of this doctor was said to have left a half eaten Quiznos sub in her stomach....


When reached for questions DR. Adams only stated :" What the F**K was i supposeded to do, throw it away?, I'm saving it for tomorrow! bitch please!!!"


more at 11.

Posted at 6:49PM on Nov 13th 2007 by equal opportunity offender

72. If you think Kanye was POd when he kept losing awards, just WAIT till he sues Dr. Adams.

Posted at 7:38PM on Nov 13th 2007 by Me

73. Enough! T.M.Z

Out of respect for the dead, please stop putting so many blogs up. We only need one. Irregardless how we feel about any of this, its sickening to have this many stories going about any persons dead mother. I would rather see Britneys ass, or Dogs fugly face then disrespect a good woman like this. If I see all this crap tomorrow- I am so done with you.

Posted at 8:15PM on Nov 13th 2007 by Jzz

74. Isn't Nicole getting a little chubbier than yesterday? Isn't a Baldwin in trouble? Isn't Katie sorry she married a cyber kook yet? Isn't Brit's drug test back yet? Harvey, please..the world has so much more to worry about than this quack..

Posted at 8:49PM on Nov 13th 2007 by laffininmalibu

75. There is a doctor here in Greenville, Texas, that did worse than this Doctor did & he is still on the hospital staff & still in medical practice at his office. Some States care I guess but for sure Texas does not. This is so sad, but sure seems they do not care. The doctor here is Greenville, Texas was writing his own RX's and a lot more I could add to this.

Posted at 12:25AM on Jan 8th 2008 by Frog Lady

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