Man settles after penis amputation

A TEXAS man who woke up from bladder surgery to find that doctors had amputated his penis without permission has reached a settlement with the doctors who removed the organ.

Terms of the out-of-court settlement were not disclosed but Hurshell Ralls, 67, had been seeking over $5 million in a civil suit he filed in Wichita Falls, Texas, against the two doctors who removed his penis. They did not admit to any wrongdoing in the settlement.

The hospital where the surgery was performed was also named in the suit.