Personal Injury & Torts
Aug. 29, 2012
Grave matters: morgue discovery leads to legal battle
A plaintiffs' claim of medical negligence in a case of a woman who may have been sent to the morgue alive cannot proceed after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month attorneys did not meet the statue of limitations.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A plaintiffs' claim of medical negligence in a case of a woman who may have been sent to a morgue alive cannot proceed after a state court judge ruled earlier this month that attorneys missed the statute of limitations.
But the lawyer filing the case, Santa Ana attorney Scott E. Schutzman, says he could not have filed earlier because his clients never suspected that the woman - Mari...
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