In a 3-2 opinion, the West Virginia Supreme Court docket dominated {that a} couple who sued a Charleston hospital for the alleged mishandling of fetal stays following care given to the mom was required to adjust to pre-suit discover necessities.
The slim majority sided with the argument of the Charleston Space Medical Middle, doing enterprise because the Ladies and Youngsters’s Hospital, that the mom, Angela Lester, was offered medical care following the stillbirth of a fetus in Could 2018, and that the alleged mishandling of fetal stays was a part of the well being care companies rendered to her. Subsequently, her claims are topic to the Medical Skilled Legal responsibility Act pre-suit discover necessities, in accordance with the majority opinion filed June 12.
