{"id":5874,"date":"2024-04-30T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2024-04-28T18:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T23:29:07","slug":"federal-wrongful-death-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-is-dismissed-holding-attending-physician-not-vicariously-liable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/federal-wrongful-death-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-is-dismissed-holding-attending-physician-not-vicariously-liable\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Lawsuit is Dismissed Holding Attending Physician Not Vicariously Liable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a man who died of a heart attack while hospitalized after an appendectomy was held not to have a viable medical malpractice case against the attending physician.  <\/p>\n<p>In July 2017, Timothy Dobine, 43, died while under the care of medical staff at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill. Dobine\u2019s family sued in state and federal court. <\/p>\n<p>The family sued the U.S. government under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/ogc\/federal-tort-claims-act-ftca#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Tort%20Claims%20Act,employee%20of%20the%20federal%20government.\">Federal Torts Claim Act<\/a> alleging that the attending physician, Dr. Morgan Madison, who worked for a federally qualified healthcare center, provided negligent medical care and was the proximate cause of Dobine\u2019s untimely death.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/federal-wrongful-death-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-is-dismissed-holding-attending-physician-not-vicariously-liable\/#more-5874\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a man who died of a heart attack while hospitalized after an appendectomy was held not to have a viable medical malpractice case against the attending physician. 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