Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in New York
A doctor defendent's rights after obtaining a defendent's verdict
I, a Psychiatrist, got a unanimous defendent's verdict in a frivolous law suit filed against me. This lawsuit arose after two neurologists in a hospital's clinic told the parents of a profoundly mentally retarded, autistic, and non-verbal woman that, a commonly prescribed medication - Risperdal- prescribed by another Psychiatrist and me from a clinic for the retarded caused irreversible side effects. These neurlogists came to this false conclusion, after a cursory visit / examination with this non-verbal and retarded patient who doesn't cooperate with any examination and does not speak.
What rights do I have against these Neurologists and the hospital they work in as I feel their careless and false assumptions caused me much distress and troubles as this lawsuit went on for almost 7-8 years, until proven that there was no malpractice and their assumptions were false.
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Re: A doctor defendent's rights after obtaining a defendent's verdict
You may have a cause of action if you can prove that the neurologists did not have a reliable medical basis to make the claim against you at the time that the allegations were made against you. Please email me and we can talk further.
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