Civil Litigation
Dec. 1, 2007
A Tale of Two Tragedies
The recent post-surgical death of Kanye West's mother and the accidental injection of Dennis Quaid's infant twins with a highly volatile drug come with an interesting twist: There's little recourse for a medical-malpractice suit in either case.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
The recent, highly publicized death of rapper Kanye West's mother and the negligent medication error involving Dennis Quaid's newborn twins provide insights into the nature of medical negligence cases in today's society. For different reasons, neither case is likely to result in any litigation, and they certainly will never see the inside of a courtroom.
Donda West
Kanye West's mother was a very intelligent consumer who would have been expected to understand th...
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