Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Garfield
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 17, 1974No. Civ. A. 72-264PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
In this case, the jury found for the doctor in a medical malpractice suit brought on the theory that a hysterectomy had been performed without obtaining the patient’s informed consent. Although post-trial motions were not filed timely, plaintiffs have taken an appeal. I am preparing this opinion so that the Court of Appeals may be advised of my views on the issues involved: causation standards under Pennsylvania law, the use of medical texts in cross-examination, and the receipt of a pre-trial memorandum in evidence to impeach an expert witness.
Plaintiff, Mrs.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- United States v. Ronald Raymond Ravich and Edward McConnellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Gerety v. DemersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
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