Legal Opinion
Martin Ex Rel. Scoptur v. Richards
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1995No. 91-0016PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam A. Bablitch, J.
Cheryl Martin ran into the back of a truck while riding her bicycle. She was taken to the Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital (FAMH) emergency room suffering from head injuries. The doctor failed to inform her father that a CT scanner was available to diagnose the extent of his daughter's head injuries. Further, the doctor failed to inform her father that if his daughter developed intracranial bleeding, there would be a significant delay in the ability to treat her because she would have to be transferred to a facility in Madison: FAMH did not have a neurosurgeon. A CT scan was not performed;…
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