Choma v. Iyer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
DEL SOLE, P.J.:
¶ 1 Appellants, husband and wife,1 appeal a judgment entered in favor of Appel-lee, Manny Iyer, M.D., following a jury trial in a medical malpractice action. We are asked to review two questions: whether the trial court erred in charging the jury on the “two schools of thought doctrine” and whether the jury’s verdict on the informed consent claim was contrary to the weight of the evidence. We find no reason to disturb the trial court’s dismissal of Appellant’s challenge to the weight of the evidence, but we find an award of a new trial is required because the jury was…
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