Damsky & Damsky v. University of Miami and Livingstone, M.D.

This petition for a writ of certiorari arises out of a lawsuit in which Debra Damsky and Gerald Damsky are suing the University of Miami and Alan Livingstone, M.D., for medical malpractice, which allegedly took place during a surgery performed on Ms. Damsky at Jackson Memorial Hospital. In the course of preparing the case for trial, the attorneys for the University made ex parte contacts with Dr. Jamie Barkin, a gastroenterologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center who treated Ms. Damsky for problems resulting from the surgery. The Damskys petitioned for a writ of certiorari to “quash the portion…