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06-24-2011, 05:26 AM
Self-Proclaimed Cosmetic Surgeon On Trial For 3 Patient Homicides
It is rare that the death of a patient while under the care of a physician, even when negligence is the cause, is ruled a homicide and the physician is charged with murder. So the case of Arizona’s Dr. Peter Normann, on trial in Maricopa County Superior Court, charged with 2 counts of murder and 1 count of manslaughter, is all the more of an anomaly. We can find the explanation in a brief discussion of criminal law and the facts of the case. This is far more than a case of negligence, for which the civil action of medical malpractice would be the appropriate redress.
Murder of varying degrees and manslaughter have rather similar definitions and elements state to state, but each state is responsible for their own, along with proscribed penalties, through their state criminal code. In Arizona, where these deaths took place, Title 13… (Continued...) (http://lawmedconsultant.com/2144/self-proclaimed-cosmetic-surgeon-on-trial-for-3-patient-homicides/)
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It is rare that the death of a patient while under the care of a physician, even when negligence is the cause, is ruled a homicide and the physician is charged with murder. So the case of Arizona’s Dr. Peter Normann, on trial in Maricopa County Superior Court, charged with 2 counts of murder and 1 count of manslaughter, is all the more of an anomaly. We can find the explanation in a brief discussion of criminal law and the facts of the case. This is far more than a case of negligence, for which the civil action of medical malpractice would be the appropriate redress.
Murder of varying degrees and manslaughter have rather similar definitions and elements state to state, but each state is responsible for their own, along with proscribed penalties, through their state criminal code. In Arizona, where these deaths took place, Title 13… (Continued...) (http://lawmedconsultant.com/2144/self-proclaimed-cosmetic-surgeon-on-trial-for-3-patient-homicides/)
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