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A Wyoming County man has been awarded more than $200,000 in a lawsuit filed against a Genesee County-based orthopedic surgeon, according to a press release from the law firm of HoganWillig out of Amherst.

According to the press release, the suit alleged that the Dr. Matthew Landfried "deviated from the standard of care by failing to put in the proper size hip prosthetic, which necessitated multiple revision surgeries."

The statement said the award was the largest granted in a civil suit in Genesee County in the past 10 years.

The jury found in favor of the plaintiff 5-1.

Full press release:

BATAVIA: A New York State Supreme Court jury awarded Wyoming County resident,   Douglas Stedman, $223,000 for past pain and suffering in a medical  malpractice case against a Genesee County orthopedic surgeon. The verdict is the largest to be awarded in a medical malpractice suit in Genesee County in  the past ten years.

After three and a half hours of deliberation that followed a trial that  lasted, on and off, for three weeks, the jury in the courtroom of Justice  Rose H. Sconiers returned the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, represented  by the law firm of HoganWillig. The jury voted 5-1 that the defendant  physician was negligent and ascribed 100 percent of the liability to the physician.

Attorneys John Licata, John DeFazio, MD and Jennifer Fay represented the plaintiffs and argued that the doctor deviated from the standard of care by  failing to put in the proper size hip prosthetic, which necessitated multiple revision surgeries.