Your client is a medical practice that originally formed a few years ago as a general partnership with five doctors. This year, the practice added three additional doctors as partners and converted the general partnership to a limited liability partnership. Last year, one of the doctors was involved in a surgery that resulted in the death of a patient. It appears this death is due to this doctor's very poor judgment. This was the only doctor involved. However, the entire practice is named in the lawsuit.

What liability do the other seven doctors in this practice have in connection with this lawsuit?

What factors (if any) should be considered in determining the exact liability (if any) of these seven doctors?