Mason v. Walsh

The defendant, James P. Walsh III,1 appeals from a judgment rendered on a verdict against him, awarding the plaintiff $75,000 in a medical malpractice action arising out of the defendant’s alleged failure to obtain the plaintiff’s informed consent to the administration of general anesthesia before surgery.

The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) admitted the testimony of the plaintiff’s expert witness into evidence, (2) charged the jury concerning the defendant’s duty to obtain the plaintiff’s informed consent, (3) permitted the jury to consider the case when the evidence was…