A Michigan man is suing his shrink for medical malpractice.
But this isn’t the usual malpractice case. It doesn’t involve a bad choice of medication or a faulty diagnosis. Rather, the man is suing his psychiatrist for dating his ex-wife.
The patient, Steven Kay, was being treated by Harvey Rosenberg. Kay claims that he was seeing Rosenberg for treatment during his difficult breakup with his ex-wife, whom he claimed he still loved.
The lawsuit, filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, seeks restitution of $87,000 in medical fees paid to Rosenberg, in addition to adequate compensation for all damages sustained.
Kay alleges medical malpractice, stating that Rosenberg began dating Kay’s ex-wife while Kay was still a patient. As such, Kay alleges in his complaint, the doctor violated his duty to his patient and breached the applicable standard of psychiatric care by dating the wife of his patient – especially when the ex-wife was a huge factor in Kay’s adverse mental condition.
If the allegations are true that Mr. Kay’s psychiatrist began dating the ex-wife who was a contributing factor in Kay’s mental condition, this could well be a breach of the standard of care psychiatrists owe their patients.
In addition to suing Rosenberg for monetary damages, Kay has also filed a grievance with the medical licensing board.
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