Twelve thousand quid for a piece of ass?

I can't say I was surprised that this happened, but I am surprised at the amount of the settlement.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/16/liposuction_mishap/

Seems a German woman had one half of her ass sucked out by a plastic surgeon. Amazing that a piece of ass is only worth around $25,000 in Germany - that settlement would have likely been at or below the level of the first offer in a US suit.