Legal Opinion
David Rice v. Kanu Panchal, M.D., Rodrigo Sotillo, M.D., Rodrigo Sotillo, P.C., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 1995No. 95-1206PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
David Rice (“Rice”) filed a medical malpractice complaint in the circuit court for Cook County, Illinois against Doctors Kanu Panchal (Panchal) and Rodrigo Sotillo (Sotil-lo) for injuries he received as a result of their allegedly negligent treatment. Rice had sought medical treatment under a welfare benefits plan that named Sotillo as a designated care provider, so Rice also sued the plan administrator, the Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”). Rice alleged that Prudential was liable for the medical malpractice of Sotillo under the state law theory of…
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