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Med Mal Trial Opens Against ER Doc, Physician Assistant Over Knee Injury That Cost Woman Her Leg

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 18, 2026, 2:45:56 PM

Ryan Fogg, left, and Louis La Cava, deliver opening statements in a medical negligence trial against a physician and physician assistant who treated a woman following a fall that dislocated her knee. The woman ultimately had her leg amputated below the knee. Watch the trial. 


Fort Myers, FL—Jurors Wednesday previewed evidence surrounding why a Florida woman’s dislocated knee eventually led to her losing part of her leg, as a medical malpractice trial opened against the emergency room medical professionals who treated her. Knowles v. Ensley, D.O., et al., 2024-CA-006125.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Knowles v. Ensley, D.O., et al.