Legal Opinion

Hartz v. Friedman

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 4, 1990No. Nos. 90-1042, 90-1043PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Bettye Hartz and her husband, Carroll, employed defendant Friedman, an Illinois lawyer, to recover damages for injuries Bettye sustained in 1980 and for medical malpractice in diagnosis and treatment of an injury she suffered in 1976. In 1981 Friedman brought an action on those claims in an Indiana court. Friedman, however, had failed to present the malpractice complaint to a medical review panel as required by Indiana law. Ind. Code § 16-9.5-9-2. On that account, the malpractice claims were dismissed without prejudice in 1983.

In 1985 the Hartzes, on…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Margaret Morgan and Burton Morgan v. Bank of Waukegan, a Banking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986

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