John Adams Courthouse, home of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Photo: Swampyank via WikipediaState Court Considers If Physician Can Be Held Liable for Lack of Tests, Treatment
"We said that was a continuing stream of treatment and, therefore, the statute of repose applied. But here, we don't have that. We don't have a continuous stream of treatment, we have a lack of treatment. We have plenty of visits in which the doctor doesn't perform the initial test, and I think that's the crux of the theory of negligence," Massachusetts Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said during oral arguments before the state high court.
December 05, 2024 at 03:07 PM
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If a primary care physician failed to run cardiac testing following a patient's abnormal electrocardiogram results in 2006, can the physician be held liable for failing to test for cardiac disease over the next decade?
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