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Med-mal suit couldn’t be based on failure to report child abuse 

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    • April 11, 2013

A medical malpractice suit could not be based on the alleged failure of healthcare professionals to report suspected child abuse, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
The plaintiff gave birth to her son at a U.S. Army hospital in Kansas. She subsequently » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/11/med-mal-suit-couldnt-be-based-on-failure-to-report-child-abuse/

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