Legal Opinion
Pace v. Swerdlow
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2008No. 06-4157PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity action which was dismissed under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiffs Thomas A. Pace and Karol Pace (“Plaintiffs”), the parents and heirs of the deceased, Angie Putnam, brought this action against Defendant Barry N. Swerdlow (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs originally hired Defendant, a licensed physician, to serve as their expert witness in a medical malpractice case Plaintiffs had filed in Utah state court. In the medical malpractice case, Plaintiffs had sued the surgical center and the doctors…
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