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: Northern Virginia Personal Injury LawyerRitter doctors cleared of malpractice
By Ben Glass
On Friday, March 14, a cardiologist and radiologist were cleared by a jury of medical malpractice for the diagnosis and treatment of deceased actor John Ritter. Ritter died of a torn aorta in 2003.
A majority of the jurors believed there was no time for the cardiologist summoned to the hospital after the diagnosis of a heart attack to order a chest X-ray which would have discovered the tear.
Full post as published by Northern Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).
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