[blindlaw] medmical practice suts against interns

[Charles Krugman]

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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