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Elliot Kaplan, a lawyer who lives in Stilwell, sued the Mayo Clinif in August 2007 inthe U.S. Districgt Court of Minnesota. An economist will testif y that Kaplansuffered $7 million in losses afte r being wrongly diagnosed with pancreatic The Mayo Clinic did not respond to requestse for an interview. Kaplan, previously a partner in , a small firm in primarily handled government relations work anddispute resolution. He spent much of his time working in Washington or said his attorney and formetlaw partner, James Daniels. Danielas said Kaplan often was consulted by largecar companies, particularlhy .
“Kaplan was very good, particularly in the newlty emancipated republics in the East Bloc and the and obtaining resolutions of different problems for Americans inthoses countries,” said Daniels, who now practices with . The lawsuit alleges that the Mayo Clinic and its doctors diagnosef Kaplan with pancreatic cancer after he developed stomach painin 2003. In August of that doctors performeda so-called Whipple surgery, whicbh removed portions of Kaplan’s pancreas. Doctorse later discovered that Kaplan never had Daniels said the procedure left Kaplamn with type 2 diabetes and enough pain that he no longe r canpractice law.
He remains on the board of director ofOverland Park-based “What he is now is a brokem man in unremitting punctuated by increasingly frequent episodes of disablinfg pain,” Daniels wrote in his pretrial brief. Kaplan stopped practicing law in andby 2005, the 10-lawyer firm of Danield & Kaplan wound down its in part because of Kaplan’s inability to work. Danielw said Kaplan was the top fee generatof atthe firm. Several lawyerd from the firm followec Daniels toMcDowell Rice. Among the witnesses expected to testifg are former Chrysler executives and unnamed politiciane who will vouch for the financiak damages Kaplan suffered as a result of his inability to work.
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