I am suing my Dr. for medical malpractice and wrongful death(he negligently prescribed phenergan for nausea due to the flu)in regards to my late (39yr old & healthy) husband. I live in a small town in northern California and this Dr. is well established here; he is a hospitalist (dr. for the hospital--a hospital that I also am employed by) and also has his own practice of over 1000 patients). My husband died a horrible death, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, which is a direct result of the meds. A coulple of hateful people whom I have never said more that a handful of words to, and whom my late husband disliked, made alot of a outrageous false unsupported allegations about me, that was included in the coroner's report. These are lies/hearsay that in no way support the coroner's report. They paint a picture of me as being a cheating (never have), drug taking (never)bad wife and mother who was allegedly trying to kill her husband. All of it is B.S., how to I remove this from report?
This is my reply to:
(not-so-informed & obviously uneducated in civil litigation or the medical field)Hotpants:
Providing the same standard of living and giving my FIVE CHILDREN what they would of had financially if he was still here (college, etc) isn't frivolous. You seem tremendously ignorant on this particular subject Hotpants, why don't you stick with the more simple questions posted! Let the college graduates who actually have something useful to contribute handle this one.
My ex-husband is in law-enforcement in the next county and he has done many dishonest, unlawful and hateful deeds in the past during our custody battle.Behind my back (to the children) he has proven himself to be capable of lying, without any conscious. He never forgave me for divorcing him. I even stopped all child support --at his request--in an attempt to get along. All that has done is make him gloat, like bully's always do when they get what they want. Anyway, it's very possible that he knows people in the department handling the investigation for my husbands death.
I also suspect that there is some type of loyalty between doctors and law enforcement, similiar to the "blue wall" among officers in "sticky matters" that involve fellow officers.
All of the untrue slander was in a supplemental narrative, added to
the coroner's report. It concluded that his death was accidental and he died from N.M.S(*see original post) which is caused by promethazine prescribed by the doctor.
Hot Pants
There is nothing you can do.
It's people like you that cause insurance rates, hosptial bills and other expenses in the medical field to be increased becasue of frivilous lawsuits.
Is a large amount of money going to bring your husband back? Filing this lawsuit makes you look greedy.
a_bush_family_member
Trying to discredit a witness is a common tactic. A good malpractice attorney will make sure any of that stuff is stopped. The lawsuit is about the hospital's treatment of your husband, not anything about you.
Also, any claims by the hospital needs to be backed up otherwise they could be also looking at a slander case.
I know of many wrongful death cases in the medical field. It is shocking that doctors are ignoring patients. Some say the doctors just don't have time because of the huge influx of illegal aliens. (Statistics show illegal aliens are using hospitals far more than Americans are. Several hospitals in Northern California were forced to close because of illegal aliens bankrupting the hospitals.)
The dollar limit for a wrongful death by a hospital or doctor is only $ 250,000 in California. If you choose to sue, try to find an attorney in a large city, like San Francisco. They usually have malpractice attorneys that are have far more experience than your local attorney may have.
crusader.rabbitt
First of all, I am so sorry for your loss.
Second, the first person that homicide detectives always look at is the spouse. They have to investigate and report on what everyone said.
I would talk to your attorney about what was said in the report and see if something can be added to show that those allegations were false and that there was never any basis in the statements made against you. The report cannot be changed to omit anything written in it. It is considered an official court document.
mario d
I can't see why these statements were included in a coroner's report., maybe you meant police report?
Either way, Police reports (and I'm assuming coroner's reports too) usually should only have facts, just like the old Dragnet TV show saying "just the facts maam". Now if they were already included to the report they cannot be removed or changed, once submitted it becmes an official legal document. Your best recourse may be to sue these people. If you feel that the officer or coroner added these statements for mailicious reason (having nothing to do with the case) you may want to look into a formal complaint. However, as I stated earlier, you will not be able to remove the statements once the report is complete.
Chuck_junior
You state this is an irresponsible police investigation. I don't see anything in your post about the police. This is a coroners case, and your recourse is through filing a malpractice case in civil court. The statements will remain on the report since this has apparently been reviewed and signed off on by the M.E.
The statements aren't a big deal and can be rebutted during your civil action.
I'm sorry for your loss and I wish you the best of luck.
ocpalmtree
unfortunatly you probably can't, but you can create a blog and warn other people.
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