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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jun. 18, 2002

Heirs Sue Kaiser and Sheriff

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal lawsuit accuses the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department of conspiring with the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Antioch to cover up a malpractice death in order to protect a lucrative business relationship between a medical examiner and the hospital.

By Matthew King
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal lawsuit accuses the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department of conspiring with the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Antioch to cover up a malpractice death in order to protect a lucrative business relationship between a medical examiner and the hospital.
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