Civil Litigation,
Letters,
Health Care & Hospital Law
May 27, 2017
Column misses the obvious: MICRA is obsolete
In a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, malpractice defense attorneys impliedly sing hosannas to the political decision (as distinct from a judicial decision) titled Cuevas v. Contra Costa County.
Nathaniel J. Friedman
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Author of "Medical Malpractice in the 21st Century"
In a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, malpractice defense attorneys impliedly sing hosannas to the political decision (as distinct from a judicial decision) titled Cuevas v. Contra Costa County, 11 Cal. App. 5th 163 (April 27, 2017). [Catherine M. Kelly, "New path for establishing future care costs," May 8].
Not so fast: For Cuevas to have validity, there must be a predicate upon which this obvious violation of the more than century old collateral ...
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