Legal Opinion
Edna Goldstein v. Robert E. Kelleher, United States of America, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 29, 1984No. 83-1411PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Edna Goldstein brought a diversity action in the district court against Dr. Robert Kel-leher and the Rockdale Medical Corporation (“Rockdale”). She claimed medical malpractice and lack of informed consent stemming from a breast reduction operation performed by Dr. Kelleher in February 1978. At the trial, it was shown that Dr. Kelleher had repeatedly sliced through a previously undetected tumor in plaintiff’s left breast and had completed the operation on both breasts notwithstanding his discovery.
After the surgery, plaintiff refused to undergo conventional…
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