- Posted April 04, 2018
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Man cleared in girl's death loses lawsuit against doctors
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) - A man charged with killing a Cadillac toddler before the case was dropped has lost an appeal in a lawsuit against doctors who examined evidence.
David Ferris claimed his constitutional rights were violated because opinions by the doctors led to a murder charge against him in Wexford County. A federal appeals court said last Friday that the doctors might have been negligent but they didn't violate Ferris' rights.
Nineteen-month-old Kalla Fisher died in 2013. She was the daughter of Ferris' future wife.
Ferris was charged with murder, but the case was dropped after a Detroit-area forensic pathologist found errors in the autopsy and a different cause of death.
The Grand Rapids Press says Ferris settled a lawsuit against Cadillac police and the Wexford County medical examiner for $250,000.
Published: Wed, Apr 04, 2018
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