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...illustrates malpractice insurance carrier, in refusing claimant's offer to settle within insurance policy limits, did a disservice to one physician
CASE FACTS: In April 1990, Woodrow Smith sued Dr. William Schulte and Pulmonary Associates of Mobile (Pulmonary), Dr. Schulte's medical group, alleging that Dr. Schulte had committed malpractice while treating Smith's wife, Annie Jo, and that she died as a result of that malpractice. At the time of thee alleged malpractice, Dr. Schulte and Pulmonary were each covered by...
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