Celebrity Justice
Dr. Adams Settles Sponge Lawsuit

Dr. Jan Adams has just agreed to start making payments to a former patient who sued him, claiming he left a sponge inside her during a surgery in 1996.


Bob Nehoray, the attorney for plaintiff Lori Ufondu, told TMZ that Adams has already made one payment towards the nearly $150,000 Adams owes his client. Adams has already made one payment and will continue to do so until April of next year, when the parties will meet again.

Ufondu had previously won a judgment against Adams in excess of $100,000 -- but she was never paid. He appeared in court last month to answer questions about his assets, but was so late to the hearing that the judge issued a warrant for his arrest. He eventually showed and the warrant was recalled.

Adams was the surgeon who operated on Dr. Donda West, the mother of Kanye West, the day before she died.



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16. HEY LADY, HAVE FUN THIS CHRISTMAS SPENDING THAT SETTLEMENT MONEY!!

AT LEAST IT WAS BETTER THAN A 10 BLADE BEING LEFT INSIDE YOU!! OUCH!!!

GREEDY LAWYERS TAKE 40%

Posted at 1:09PM on Dec 11th 2007 by HA HA HA

17. It looks like from this picture, the reason he's late gettin' to the courthouse, is that he's been snortin' a line... Probably tryin' to get up the courage to go inside and face his accuser face-to-face, or is that nose-to-nose???????

Posted at 1:22PM on Dec 11th 2007 by texasgirl

18. YO, koo koo, what up be da man. ya schizzle down with dat. yo be homey, see what
dime saying, yo whyte man, keepin us down, fro sho. i be at ya, naw, naw naw, what
dc you tomrow, yo back got your. Word to ya mudder.

Posted at 1:47PM on Dec 11th 2007 by MILLER DILLER

19. TMZ toned it down on this guy. A few weeks ago, you really had a ball with putting his name in every other story. He's the only person you've ever done that to. Wonder why?????

Posted at 2:47PM on Dec 11th 2007 by bnww

20. One of my family members is a doctor and he has observed or assisted in many surgeries. There are supposed to be procedures in place to prevent sponges or instruments from being left inside people, and often the procedures are simple things like counting the instruments before and after the surgery and keeping track of how many sponges are used. This kind of thing should not happen.

Posted at 4:39PM on Dec 11th 2007 by Laurel

21. Laurel - perhaps he never left a sponge in her??? After all, she had breast implants that were problematic (because they were too large), and Dr. A did surgery to try and correct the problem after other surgeons turned her down.

Posted at 5:55PM on Dec 11th 2007 by laurel your an idiot

22. There is plenty of white doctors that have to pay settlements. Race should never play a part if someones health or life is at risk...It's called responsibility! Navymom

Posted at 12:41AM on Dec 12th 2007 by Navymomswk

23. Oh so what. This is effin BS.

Posted at 12:51PM on Dec 11th 2007 by Katie C.

And your proof isssssssssssssssss. That's what I thought. Nothing.

Posted at 3:37AM on Dec 12th 2007 by Spurs

24. YO, koo koo, what up be da man. ya schizzle down with dat. yo be homey, see what
dime saying, yo whyte man, keepin us down, fro sho. i be at ya, naw, naw naw, what
dc you tomrow, yo back got your. Word to ya mudder.

Posted at 1:47PM on Dec 11th 2007 by MILLER DILLER

The only person keeping you down, you stupid, retarded moronic idiot, is YOU. Spend less time bitchin' and more time trying to improve your life, and maybe you will amount to something other than a waste of skin, white or black. Race has nothing to do with this.

Posted at 3:37AM on Dec 12th 2007 by Spurs

25. Why don't they put a foreclosure on his house or seize his cars. There is no reason he cannot pay this settlement in full.

Posted at 3:38AM on Dec 12th 2007 by Spurs

26. Why in the world is this man allowed to even continue to call himself a doctor, or continue to talk to people about medical procedures?

Posted at 3:45PM on Dec 12th 2007 by TCurry

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