http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/jur...n-1449443.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1563247.html

That's article is a simplistic view

The liability was divides 60/40 Doctor/Patient.

Quote:

Plaintiff's lawyers ... .... argued that a doctor at Cardiovascular Group in Lawrenceville failed to take a proper medical history when Martinez consulted him about chest pains that were radiating into his arm ... .... Martinez had high blood pressure and other tests showed he was at high risk of having clogged heart arteries. The attending cardiologist, Dr. Sreenivasulu Gangasani, scheduled a stress test for eight days later, but failed to inform the patient to stop all physical activity until the test was completed, ...

physically exerting activity would have been a better phrase.