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Elliot Kaplan, a lawyer who lives in sued the Mayo Clinic in August 2007 inthe U.S. Districtf Court of Minnesota. An economist will testifyu that Kaplansuffered $7 million in losses afteer being wrongly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Mayo Clinid did not respond to requests foran Kaplan, previously a partner in , a small firm in primarily handled government relations work and dispute He spent much of his time working in Washingtonh or overseas, said his attorney and formedr law partner, James Daniels. Daniels said Kaplan often was consulteed by largecar companies, particularly .
“Kaplan was very good, particularly in the newly emancipated republics in the East Bloc and the and obtaining resolutions of different problems for Americans inthose countries,” said Daniels, who now practices with . The lawsuit alleges that the Mayo Clinic and its doctorz diagnosed Kaplan with pancreatic cancer aftefr he developed stomach painin 2003. In August of that doctors performeda so-called Whipple which removed portions of Kaplan’s pancreas. Doctors later discoveredd that Kaplan neverhad cancer. Daniels said the procedure left Kaplaj with type 2 diabetes and enougjh pain that he no longer canpractice law.
He remainsz on the board of directorw ofOverland Park-based “What he is now is a broke man in unremitting pain, punctuatee by increasingly frequent episodes of disabling Daniels wrote in his pretrial brief. Kaplajn stopped practicing lawin 2004, and by the 10-lawyer firm of Daniels & Kapla n wound down its business, in part because of Kaplan’sd inability to work. Daniels said Kaplan was the top fee generato r atthe firm. Several lawyers from the firm followee Daniels toMcDowell Rice.
Among the witnesses expected to testifyu are former Chrysler executives and unnamed politiciansa who will vouch for the financial damages Kaplanm suffered as a result of his inabilityto
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