Morganstein v. House

WIEAND, Judge:

In this appeal from the judgment entered following a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action, the principal issue is whether the trial court erred by instructing the jury on the “two schools of medicine” doctrine.

On June 24,1980, Morton Morganstein made a professional visit to Benjamin House, M.D., who had been his physician for almost twenty years. Morganstein complained of pain in his left armpit, which radiated down his left arm. Dr. House was a primary care or family physician. Morganstein was overweight and had a history of hypertension; and Dr. House had been…