A man and surgeon

A man requires surgery to remove his left leg.

He consults with the surgeon; plans are made for surgery the next morning.

Morning comes and the Surgeon arrives still intoxicated from a night on the town.

He removes the left leg only after mistakenly removing the right.

Needless to say the patient, after recovering, saw a lawyer who told him he couldn't win, because he didn't have a leg to stand on.