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Litigation

May 9, 2012

Physician liability may be tested in custody lawsuit

Two married attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a UCLA Medical Center physician in a custody flap will be allowed present their case to a jury.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Two married attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a UCLA Medical Center physician in a custody flap will be allowed present their case to a jury.


The couple had their injured infant son taken away from them for two months when the physician suspected child abuse. The case raises the question of whether state-employed physicians can be held liable for removing children from their parents...

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