Legal Opinion
Watkins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 2017No. 16-2109PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the district court’s dismissal, on statute of limitations grounds, of a medical malpractice claim. The plaintiff, Johnnie Watkins, filed the action on behalf of her adult daughter Johnnice Ford, who is a disabled person. The complaint alleged that Ford sought treatment at the emergency room of In-galls Memorial Hospital, where she was treated by Dr. Bari Parks-Ballard, an employee of Family Christian Health Center. She asserts that Parks-Ballard failed to properly diagnose and treat Ford, who was eventually diagnosed with Wernicke’s encephalopathy and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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