Hurley v. Won

SHUGHART, P.J.,

Defendant, Holy Spirit Hospital, filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint alleging negligence of the hospital arising from surgery performed upon plaintiff wife by Dr. Won at the hospital on January 5, 1977. Plaintiffs allege that the surgery performed on Mrs. Hurley’s nose to remedy headaches, pain and difficulty in breathing was to be confined to internal procedures without making any change in the outward shape of her nose. They allege that no informed consent was *797given or would have been given to surgical procedures which would have…