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- Title: Fiedler v. Steger
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 30, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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Appellant Elizabeth Fiedler, seven and one-half months pregnant, who was in fact suffering from appendicitis, and without personal examination, was prescribed an antinausea medication over the telephone by appellee Dr. Steger. Her appendix eventually ruptured and was removed several weeks after she delivered her baby - Page 774 prematurely. In the resulting medical malpractice action against Dr. Steger for misdiagnosis, a motion for summary judgment was sustained, and we will now affirm.