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Which of the following was the result on appeal in Eric Johnson & Lori Johnson v. St. Therese Medical Center, the case in the text in which partners of a physician found liable for negligence resisted payment of the judgment?


A) That the partners of the physician were not personally liable for the judgment because only the partnership was sued; and the individual partners did not, therefore, receive due process because they were not provided notice that their personal assets were at risk.
B) That the individual physicians were not liable because although they were sued in their individual capacities, the partnership itself was also sued and found liable; and the plaintiffs had acted unreasonably in failing to pursue assets of the partnership.
C) That the individual physicians, who were sued in their individual capacities, were not personally liable because insufficient evidence was presented of the partnership's insolvency.
D) That the individual physicians, who were sued in their individual capacities, were not personally liable because insufficient evidence was presented of the insolvency of the partner who committed the malpractice.
E) That the individual physicians were liable in their individual capacities.

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