Keegan v. Kaiser Permanente

By Judge R. Terrence Ney

This matter came before the Court on February 15,2002, on Defendants’ Christopher Ryan, M.D., and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (“Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment.

There is only one issue before the Court, namely, whether or not this case may proceed to trial without the Plaintiffs having designated an independent expert to testify as to the standard of care of a physician in prescribing a controlled drug.

In this medical malpractice action, the Plaintiff, James Keegan, alleges the following. On March 9, 1999, Mr. Keegan visited…