Monahan v. Obici Medical Management Services, Inc.

By Judge D. Arthur Kelsey

Lawrence J. Monahan, Jr., claims he received substandard medical treatment from a nurse practitioner, Carrie Wiggins, employed by Obici Medical Management Services, Inc. Monahan also sued Dr. David J. Weinstein claiming that he too can be held liable because (i) a physician-patient relationship between them can be implied in law as a result of statutes and regulations imposing a duty on Dr. Weinstein to supervise Nurse Wiggins, and (ii) in any event, a consensual physician-patient relationship existed between Monahan and Dr. Weinstein under the unique facts of this…