Morlino v. MEDICAL CENTER OF OCEAN CTY.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

This medical malpractice case presents two issues. The first is whether pharmaceutical package inserts in the Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) are admissible as evidence of a physician’s standard of care. The second issue is whether the trial court committed reversible error by instructing the jury in accordance with Model Jury Charge 5.36(A) that a physician is not liable for diagnosis or treatment resulting from the exercise of the physician’s judgment.

When she was eight and one-half months pregnant, plaintiff, Angela Morlino, visited the…