PHILADELPHIA — A patient is suing Dr. Kathy Rumer and Delaware Valley Aesthetics PLLC, which does business as Rumer Cosmetic Surgery, citing alleged medical negligence.
Audrina Minto, also known as Arturo Minto, filed a complaint July 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. alleging that the defendants did not have the appropriate expected from board certified plastic surgeons.
According to the complaint, the defendants performed male-to-female gender reassignment surgery, a bilateral augmentation and related surgical procedures on Minto on July 12, 2016.
As a result of the defendants' alleged negligence, the plaintiff suffered urethral and vaginal strictures, had clitoral scar tissue, was unable to have sexual intercourse and experienced gender dysphoria.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks damages of not less than $75,000, costs, pre-judgment and post judgment interest and other relief. She is represented by Kristy Bruce of The Rubinstein Law Firm LLC in Hamilton, New Jersey.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania case number 2:18-cv-02800-PD