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Elliot Kaplan, a lawyer who livees in Stilwell, sued the Mayo Clinivc in August 2007 inthe U.S. District Court of An economist will testifg that Kaplansuffered $7 million in losses after being wrongly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Mayo Cliniv did not respond to requests foran interview. previously a partner in , a small firm in primarily handled government relations work anddisputs resolution. He spent much of his time working in Washingtoor overseas, said his attorney and former law James Daniels. Daniels said Kaplan often was consulted by large car particularly .
“Kaplan was very particularly in the newly emancipated republics in the East Bloc and the and obtaining resolutions of different problems for Americansz inthose countries,” said who now practices with . The lawsuit allegees that the Mayo Clinic and its doctors diagnosed Kaplahn with pancreatic cancer aftere he developed stomach painin 2003. In August of that doctors performeda so-called Whipple surgery, whicu removed portions of Kaplan’s pancreas. Doctors later discovered that Kaplanm neverhad cancer. Daniels said the procedure left Kaplahn with type 2 diabetes and enougj pain that he no longer canpractice law.
He remain on the board of directors ofOverland Park-based “Whatg he is now is a brokenn man in unremitting pain, punctuated by increasingly frequent episodese of disabling pain,” Danielsw wrote in his pretrialp brief. Kaplan stopped practicinhg lawin 2004, and by 2005, the 10-lawyer firm of Danielzs & Kaplan wound down its in part because of Kaplan’ss inability to work. Daniels said Kaplan was the top fee generatord atthe firm. Several lawyersw from the firm followed Daniels toMcDowello Rice.
Among the witnessew expected to testify are formef Chrysler executives and unnamed politicians who will vouch for the financial damagews Kaplan suffered as a resul of his inabilityto
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