[blindlaw] medmical practice suts against interns
Charles Krugman
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Fri Nov 21 19:44:34 UTC 2008
Here in California supervising attorneys have been sued for malpractice when
the act was committed by a paralegal as the attorney supervises or is
supposed to supervise the work of the paralegal. That apparently extends to
interns as well. I would assume that this applies generally.
Charles L. Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gilmore" <m_b_gilmore at yahoo.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:43 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] medmical practice suts against interns
This question is mainly for those of you who practice in Illinois; but,
everyone else feel free to chime in.
On last night's ER, Dr. Raskotra was sued for medical malpractice. The real
person who botched the surgery was her intern. Granted, she was probably
being sued because she's a surgeon and has deep pockets (so to speak) and
was responsible for teaching her intern how to perform the surgery; so,
she's somehow liable. Even so, it was the intern who performed the actual
surgery. How come he's just not sued outright or joined as a party to the
suit? Granted, interns aren't real doctors yet and probably aren't making as
much as a full surgeon; but, in the end, is it all about which potential
defendant has the most money in their pocket or is it under a respondeat
superior theory under which they're suing Raskotra and not her intern? Of
course, County General would probably be gone after, too, right?
Mike
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