A physician is on the hook for a $9M malpractice case

Sketchy details here, but this is what we have:

The case arose because Jessie Sturdivant suffered an aneurysm and Barrau admitted him to Parkway Regional. After a disagreement with another physician, Barrau stopped acting as coordinator for Sturdivant’s care and stopped checking on the patient, the complaint said.

Sturdivant fell into a coma and died.

Not sure what the “disagreement” was. Perhaps it was an argument over which service this patient was to be admitted to – which happens relatively frequently. In any case, having no one check up on the patient cost this doctor dearly.

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