Flaws In Expert Report Doom Mass. Suit Over Patient's Death

By Y. Peter Kang ( June 26, 2025, 8:54 PM EDT) -- A Massachusetts appellate court on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a medical malpractice suit blaming a physician assisting on a gastric sleeve surgery for the patient's death, saying the plaintiff's expert failed to identify the relevant standard of care for the assisting doctor....

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