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Article: Cerebral palsy report: It's no panacea, but it could be major defense in court.
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- Healthcare Risk Management
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Cerebral palsy report: Its no panacea, but it could be major defense in court
Plaintiffs likely to challenge report as biased
A recently issued report will be a boon to defendants in cerebral palsy malpractice cases, but it wont eliminate this brand of high-dollar cases or create an insurmountable burden for plaintiffs attorneys, experts say.
The report, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), is indisputably good news for any provider threatened by charges that a cerebral palsy outcome is birth-related though the ultimate value remains to be seen.
The ACOG/AAP ...