ROSENBERG BY ROSENBERG v. Cahill

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This appeal arises from an action for personal injuries assertedly caused by the professional malpractice of a chiropractor. The issues raised call for our consideration of the nature and extent of the professional duty of care that a chiropractor owes to a patient as to matters that in some respects fall outside the scope of chiropractic practice. The more specific question presented is whether a chiropractor is under a duty to recognize from a patient’s x-ray the presence of observable soft tissue abnormalities, the actual diagnosis and…