Dellinger v. Pediatrix Med. Group, P.C.

Plaintiff's six-year-old daughter Amber was diagnosed with La Crosse encephalitis at the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC). After Amber began having seizures, Dr. Caceres, the on-call attending physician for the pediatric intensive care unit employed by Pediatrix Medical Group (Respondent), intubated Amber. Amber died the following day. Petitioner filed a medical malpractice suit against CAMC and Respondent. The circuit court entered summary judgment in favor of Respondent, concluding that Petitioner's expert could point to no evidence establishing that Dr. Caceres breached the standard of care and could not state to a reasonable degree of medical probability that any alleged acts of Dr. Caceres proximately caused Amber's death. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err in finding that Petitioner failed to produce sufficient evidence to preclude entry of summary judgment. View "Dellinger v. Pediatrix Med. Group, P.C." on Justia Law