Foulkrod | Cipriani & Werner
LANCASTER – Lancaster medical professionals and entities have denied allegations from a local couple who asserted that the defendants failed to diagnose their child as having contracted bacterial meningitis.
Elizabeth Djaraher and Richard Djaraher (in their own right and as parents and natural guardians of C.D., a minor) filed suit in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 7 versus Dr. Christopher H. Fox, Lancaster Emergency Associates, Ltd. (doing business as “Lancaster Emergency Associates”) and The Lancaster General Hospital. All parties are of Lancaster.
“On Oct. 29, 2019, minor-plaintiff C.D., 10 years old, presented to the emergency department at Lancaster General Hospital with abrasions, a nasal fracture and a laceration due to a fall. His care was overseen by defendant Dr. Fox. At the same time and place, minor-plaintiff underwent CT scans of the head and face, he was given a prescription for a pr