Liability of new dental practice

Questioner

There is demonstrable negligence in the treatment of my teeth by the dentist who is also the owner of the dental practice. The dental practice has now been taken over and the new owner/dentist has continued with the existing practice. It was also this dentist who discovered the negligence. All costs are now on me, while the problem arose due to negligence of the dental practice. Does the new owner of the dental practice have no responsibility when he takes over a client base? Or does the practice itself have no responsibility to bear, now I am told that I have to direct my complaints to the previous owner. This old owner has since stopped doing dentistry, there is nothing to be gained there.

Lawyer

In principle, the dentist taking over does not have to pay for the consequences of the old dentist. In your case, negligence has been established on the part of the old dentist and he can still be held liable, even though he has stopped. The new dentist has nothing to do with this, unless mutual agreements have been made. I advise you to hold the old dentist liable for the negligence as far as possible, providing evidence.