Woman Sues KHJ-TV Over Broadcast on Breast Surgery
A lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages against KHJ Television alleges that one of its broadcasts contained inaccurate information about new techniques for breast augmentation surgery and that the station thus is responsible for injuries a viewer allegedly suffered when she tried the treatment.
Stephanie Brady, Channel 9 vice president and news director, declined comment Monday, saying she had not seen the lawsuit.
Filed by J. E. Bullock in Orange County Superior Court, the suit claims the September, 1985, broadcast “contained false, misleading and untrue information” about techniques used by Dr. Thomas R. Stephenson of Los Angeles. Bullock placed her “faith and trust” in the accuracy of the broadcast, went to Stephenson and suffered permanent nerve damage and loss of movement and use of her arm, the suit said.
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