The Law Blog of Plaintiff's Attorney Max Kennerly
In the comments to “Can the Octuplets Sue for Medical Malpractice,” B. Barton asks:
Numerous sources have reported that Ms. Suleman wanted these [6] remaining embryos transferred [2 of which split into twins]. Where does liability lie if that’s true?
Good question. Since there’s little doubt that it’s a breach in the standard…
Continuing on from our discussion yesterday, medical malpractice, like any other negligence tort, is proven by showing:
(1) the defendant had a duty to the plaintiff to act a certain way,
(2) that the defendant breached that duty,
(3) that the defendant’s breach caused the plaintiff harm and
(4) that the harm caused is…
News has spread far and wide of the octuplets born to Nadya Suleman at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in California.
In one sense, their birth and continued life is a “miracle,” as they made it to 30 weeks gestation, about 8 weeks past the threshold of viability and about 4 weeks past…