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Am J Perinatol 1985; 2(2): 169-171
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999942
MEDICOLEGAL PERINATOLOGY

© 1985 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Viewpoint of Plaintiff Attorney on Perinatal Bacterial Infection

Edward P. Milstein1 , Jan Orange2
  • 1Partner, Lipsig, Sullivan, and Liapakis, P.C., New York, New York
  • 2Law Intern, 3rd Year Law Student, Hofstra Law School, Garden City, New York
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04 March 2008 (online)

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INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

A leading claim against the perinatologist involves allegations of improper management of neonatal infection. Since the morbidity of infection includes brain damage and destruction of joints and organs, the attending physicians must expect that treatment records will be scrutinized by the patient's representatives when untoward events occur. Because of statutes of limitations designed to protect infants, these claims can sometimes be raised for the first time 10 or 20 years or more after the events in question. For this reason the medical chart must be attended to as meticulously as the patient in order to demonstrate and memorialize the propriety of the treatment rendered.

Steven E. North

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