No. 20-6222

Brenda L. White v. Yang Acupuncture, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: damages medical-ethics medical-malpractice patient-consent patient-safety patient-trust professional-accountability professional-negligence standard-of-care unauthorized-treatment
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS) PRESENTED 1. Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away? 2. Should a medical professional be held accountable for unreasonable treatment? 3. What should the remedy be when a patient is abused and injured? 4. Is there a standard of care instituted for medical professionals? | 5. How cana strange eye examination that caused damage be recompensed? . 6. Should an acupuncturist violate trust by inserting a needle into the brain/brain stem when the treatment request was solely for the lower back? 7. Should an acupuncturist violate the safety of the patient by not sterilizing the area in which the needle is to be imbedded? The area, in my head, was not sterilized. !f 1 had an indication, at all, ‘ that she planned to put a needle in my head, | would have said, “No!” “I did not request any , treatment to my head.” 8. Should the acupuncturist be held accountable for violating, torturing and abusing a patient and : . the trust of that patient? 9. Is it lawful for acupuncturist to charge patient for violating that trust?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Brenda L. White
Brenda L. White — Petitioner