A federal appeals court is weighing whether medical malpractice plaintiffs who lost birth-injury cases in which the defense relied on a medical article the plaintiffs believe is false can sue the doctors who wrote it and the publishers.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit must decide whether to revive the plaintiffs’ case under a Massachusetts consumer protection law that allows for treble damages.
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