Court Report

Malpractice

There's no dispute that an Akron-area doctor's (botched abortion) of a viable fetus. Even before his civil trial began, the physician conceded he was negligent in not detecting a heartbeat. The only question remaining for jurors is what this "error" is worth to Christine and Michael Sicker, a Canton-area couple whose lawsuit against the doctor is being heard this week in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

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Posted by Editor at November 12, 2003 10:03 AM