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vasquez-verdict · hirshhorn2000poor-penmanship
- Citation
- hirshhorn2000poor-penmanship
- Claim ID
- vasquez-verdict
- Assertion
- A Texas jury found Odessa cardiologist Ramachandra Kolluru and the dispensing pharmacy equally liable, $225,000 each, for the death of Ramon Vasquez after an illegible prescription for Isordil was filled as Plendil; the verdict was described as probably the first US case finding a physician negligent solely because of poor handwriting.
- Quote
probably the first in the US in which a physician was found negligent solely on the basis of poor handwriting
- Quote language
- en
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