Doctor's Fatal Dose Triggers Erisa Suit in West Virginia
Lawyers USA › September 01, 2010
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A well-meaning doctor gives a pain-wracked patient a fatal dose of a muscle relaxant.
Under medical protocols, the drug never should have been administered to someone in the patient's condition. On that basis, a state medical examiner rules the death is a "homicide."See the full content of this document
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Doctor's Fatal Dose Triggers Erisa Suit in West Virginia
Is the patient's widow entitled to benefits under an ERISA accident policy that extends coverage to fatalities arising from acts intended to cause death?
A federal judge in West Virginia last week answered that question i...See the full content of this document
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