Statutes of limitations for malpractice cases in Wisconsin don’t fully address injuries to developmentally disabled children, so a teenager who was injured at birth should still be allowed to sue his health care providers, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
(This is, I guess, an established fact in the case).
The case could have broad implications in Wisconsin, where the state’s medical malpractice environment is already in flux because of a state Supreme Court decision in July that threw out caps on pain and suffering damages to malpractice victims.Health care providers fear Friday’s decision will fuel more uncertainty, but advocates for plaintiffs downplayed the impact of the case.
Well, of course physicians and lawyers will have different opinions on the implications of this ruling. So, will obstetric protocols (meaning interpretation of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring, which was supposed to prevent most cases of cerebral palsy) prevent cerebral palsy, and therefore decrease the incidence of lawsuits filed for such cases? Please discuss…
Also posted at RedStateMoron.
