Comments on: Medical liability roundup

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:41 +0000

I couldn’t help think of the article on Lawyers admitting mistakes to superiors orally rather than in writing to the item here on making what were confidential review board discussions public.

Nice to be able to make different rules for oneself.

By: Mike Feehan

Mike Feehan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:20:40 +0000

I don’t know where else to post this –

I’m looking for recent information on the Nataline Sarkisyan case. The media reported the death of the unfortunate teenager in November 2007 as a wrongful death and Mark Geragos announced he had been retained by the family and would file suit against CIGNA. I can’t find a scrap of information about this matter that is later than January 2008. Geragos’ website contains only a copy of a newspaper article from December 2007. Is the case moving forward? Has there been a settlement or a dismissal or a never mind? Anyone know? Thanks.

By: David Wisniewski

David Wisniewski — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:27:04 +0000

Re: “The accusatory legal document begins with several remarks defaming the skills, education, ability, integrity, and honesty of the physician being charged.”

I don’t know about other states, but here in PA, you can have “scandalous or impertinent matter” stricken from a pleading under Pa.R.C.P. 1028(a)(2).

By: L.C. Burgundy

L.C. Burgundy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:40:13 +0000

re: opening of peer review medical records

That’s really unfortunate and a sure-fire way to decrease total safety as such reviews will now just because “everything’s a-ok” reports for fear of fomenting litigation. This phenomenon of sanitization of public information has been especially noted in aviation reports where the confidential/anonymous reports are generally far more informative.