Claim against Quest Diagnostics for Misreading a tissue Sample Involves Medical Malpractice Not Ordinary Negligence
By Dominique A. Penson
An appeals court has held that a claim against Quest Diagnostics for misreading a pap smear tissue sample sounded in medical malpractice, not ordinary negligence. The ruling, in Annuziata v. Quest Diagnostics, resulted in the dismissal of plaintiff’s case because it was not brought within the 2 ½ year time limitation applicable to a medical malpractice […]
