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Caveat when you represent you are 'board certified'.(Medical Law Case of the Month)

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report
Publication Date: 01-JUL-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CASE ON POINT: Knepper v. Brown, (07/05/2007) P.2d -OR

CASE FACTS: Dr. Timothy Brown was a physician who advertised in the "Surgery--Plastic & Reconstructive" section of the Yellow Pages. His advertisement stated that he was "board certified." Believing that Dr. Brown was board certified...

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...as a plastic surgeon, M.M. Knepper, who was considering having liposuction performed, added Dr. Brown to her list of possible surgeons she might have perform surgery on her. In September 1997, Knepper attended a Women's Show that included informational booths oil consumer goods and services, including liposuction. Knepper saw Dr. Brown's booth and recognized his name from the list of surgeons she had compiled from the Yellow Pages. Knepper had a conversation with Dr. Brown's office manager, who was staffing the booth, and was told that Dr. Brown was a board-certified plastic surgeon. Two...

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