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Torts--Effect Of A Release Of An Original Tort Feasor Upon The Malpractice Of Attending Physician, Louis S. Southworth Ii Apr 1967

Torts--Effect Of A Release Of An Original Tort Feasor Upon The Malpractice Of Attending Physician, Louis S. Southworth Ii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence--Medical Malpractice--Expert Testimony Of Defendant Physician When Called As Adverse Witness, K. Paul Davis Feb 1967

Evidence--Medical Malpractice--Expert Testimony Of Defendant Physician When Called As Adverse Witness, K. Paul Davis

West Virginia Law Review

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Statutes Of Limitations And Undiscovered Malpractice, Stanley Sacks Jan 1967

Statutes Of Limitations And Undiscovered Malpractice, Stanley Sacks

Cleveland State Law Review

A number of general legal problems have arisen out of malpractice actions and applicable statutes of limitations. Thus, the fact that there is a choice as to which event starts limitations running against the malpractice actions, either the physician's wrongful act or omission, or when such act or omission resulted in injury, is as naturally susceptible of varying judicial interpretation as the myriad of other legal situations. The situation that too often fosters injustice and thereby demands immediate and appropriate action, whether legislative or judicial, is that predicament where the wrongful act of a medical practitioner results in injury, but …