Minnesota court decision means doctors can be sued by patients they don't treat
Medical malpractice lawyer here:<p>Setting aside the sensational headline, this seems a reasonable result. According to the article, the hospitalist who did not see the patient decided to (a) opine that her symptoms were due to some other, incorrect cause; and (b) override the decision of the doctor who actually saw the patient. Why shouldn&#x27;t this individual have accountability for the harm that he caused? He wants to make life or death decisions without so much as examining the patient and he doesn&#x27;t want to be held responsible for those decisions. How is that fair?