Legal Opinion
Poehlman v. Feferman
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1999No. 71S05-9810-CV-597PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
SULLIVAN, Justice.
The plaintiff in this medical malpractice case was awarded $345,263 in damages plus post-judgment interest and court costs. The parties disagree over whether the malpractice act’s liability limits apply to damages only or also to the interest and costs and over how to allocate those expenses between the doctor and patient’s compensation fund. We hold'that the interest and costs are recoverable from the doctor and the fund irrespective of the malpractice act’s limits.
Background
On April 4, 1996, Plaintiff Helen M. Poehlman received a judgment from the…
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