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Poor penmanship costs MD $225 000 — CMAJ

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Key
hirshhorn2000poor-penmanship
Authors
Hirshhorn, C.
Issued
2000
Type
article-journal
Container
CMAJ
Volume
162
Issue
1
Pages
91
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Claims

  1. 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.
    "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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