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Friday, March 20, 2026
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Doctors’ deceit

HONOLULU — A federal court in Hawaii denied the government’s motion to dismiss a medical malpractice suit brought by two residents who say negligence during their child’s delivery at Tripler Army Medical Center resulted caused the child’s cerebral palsy and brain damage. The family says medical professionals concealed the cause of the child’s injury, so the statute-of-limitations question cannot be resolved at this stage.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Health, Personal Injury

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