Mental State Did Not Bar Patient’s Informed Consent, Arizona Court Affirms

Mealey's (July 10, 2018, 7:09 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona appeals court affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim over complications from a cardiac catheterization, holding that the plaintiff failed to prove that her “unsound mind” prevented her informed consent to the procedure, as required to toll the state’s two-year statute of limitations (Lorenza Kopacz, et al. v. Banner Health, et al., No. 1 CA-CV 17-0493, Ariz. App., Div. 1, 2018 Ariz. App. LEXIS 108)....

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