Attachment:
Notice the jurisdiction and timing here: The surgery was done while Dr. Sneed was still living and working in Indiana.
Suddenly
my theory that she left Indiana to avoid legal liability is seeming a whole lot more credible.
Edit to Add: It's not very nice of Exulansic to only share a screencap of one page from the complaint when this case is already concluded. With this in mind I have attached
(1) The Complaint. Here is the relevant portion, all that's left to be said is we got 'er - seems she was lying about malpractice insurance as well:
(2) The answer (to allegations in the complaint). For reasons I do not fully understand the defendant here is the head of the Indiana Insurance Board vice Sneed herself, and the defendant (the head of a government agency) denies knowing anything about a ruling by the medical board (another government agency).
(3) A joint motion for a payout in excess of Indiana's damages cap and (4) the judge's order approving it. If I am reading it right Sneed's insurer covered the first $500k while the Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund covered the remaining $1.3 million.
The case appears to be closed due to the settlement.
Now comes the part where we put on our tinfoil hats. Sneed operated on this girl in early March 2020, and she died in late March 2020. Assuming the medical board started its investigation some time in 2020, that could explain why Sneed stopped carrying malpractice insurance post move to Florida - the rates would be extremely high assuming she could find anyone willing to cover her. The even more interesting part is in the OP - if its timeline is right Sneed got her Florida medical license in Spring of 2019. Looks to me like she was planning the move for a while, and based on what we know now I would not be surprised if this was not her first malpractice suit and this was the one that finally made her pull the trigger and leave.
Edit x2: I decided to look up cases involving Sneed as a defendant in the Indiana court records database, nothing scandalous but she did get caught
sneeding speeding about six years ago.
Edit x3: The settlement for $1.8 million ($500k from Sneed, $1.3 million from the patient's compensation fund) appears to be
the absolute maximum under Indiana law.