Legal Opinion

Fahmy v. Medical Board of California

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 26, 1995No. B082927PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BOREN, P. J.

A patient died from the complications of an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy after seeking medical care from respondent Hosni Nagib Fahmy, M.D. The Medical Board of California, Division of Medical Quality (the Medical Board) took disciplinary action against Fahmy as a result of the patient’s death. The discipline imposed by the Medical Board was overturned by the trial court on a laches theory. The court concluded that the Medical Board, by investigating the case for three years and three months before instituting proceedings against Fahmy’s medical license, lost jurisdiction…

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