The recent malpractice case at UPMC Presbyterian highlights a common legal   tactic that protects physicians under the corporate shield of the health   organization–remove the physicians’ names from the case, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

The family of Samuel Sweet, a patient who died in 2009 while being treated at   UPMC, was awarded a $1.37 million settlement. Although the family originally named four doctors as defendants in the case   (Amit Kaura, Penny Sappington, Raghavan Murugan and Matthew Rosengart) for   allegedly failing to treat his brain hemorrhage, the settlement only included   UPMC Presbyterian hospital as the sole defendant.

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