Spaulding v. Hussain

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OUTCOME: $250,000 verdict

This was the first New Jersey case that allowed a patient to sue his treating doctor for failing to provide him with litigation assistance. Here, Dr. Hussain refused to cooperate with Mr. Spaulding' ... s attoney and refused to come to trial. The New Jersey Appellate Court ruled that a treating doctor owes his or her patient a duty to provide him or her with help in their lawsuit.