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MURRAY v. UNMC PHYSICIANS

No. S-10-455.

806 N.W.2d 118 (2011)

282 Neb. 260

Robert MURRAY, Special Administrator of the Estate of Mary K. Murray, and Robert Murray, individually, appellees, v. UNMC PHYSICIANS, formerly known as University Medical Associates, a corporation, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

September 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Nix , Thomas J. Shomaker , and Mary M. Schott , of Sodoro, Daly & Sodoro, P.C., Omaha, for appellant.

Christopher P. Welsh and James R. Welsh , of Welsh & Welsh, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellees.

HEAVICAN, C.J., CONNOLLY, GERRARD, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

GERRARD, J.

This case involves a failure to provide medical treatment. The treatment at issue is a very expensive drug that must be administered indefinitely. But it also may cause serious and even deadly symptoms if its administration is interrupted. In this case, the patient's treating physicians, wary of those health risks, decided not to administer the drug until the patient's insurer approved it or another source of payment could be found. But, regrettably, the...

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