Edmund E. Ward v. Ernst J. Schaefer, MD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS _______________________________________ ) EDMUND EDWARD WARD, ) Civil Action No. ) 16-12543-FDS Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ERNST J. SCHAEFER, M.D., ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________________________) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SAYLOR, C.J. This is an action arising out of the use of a drug in a compassionate-use protocol. Plaintiff Edmund Edward Ward suffers from a rare genetic deficiency that has resulted in, among other things, severe kidney disease. He alleges that he was fraudulently induced by…