Legal Opinion
Culbertson v. Mernitz
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1992No. 25S03-9210-CV-876PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
KRAHULIK, Justice.
Roland B. Mernitz, M.D., (Appellee-De-fendant) seeks transfer from the Court of Appeals' reversal of a summary judgment entered in his favor. Culbertson v. Mernitz (1992), Ind.App., 591 N.E.2d 1040. The issue squarely presented in this petition is whether expert medical testimony is required to establish the standard of care of health care providers on the issue of informed consent. Because this Court has not previously written on this subject, we accept transfer.
The facts of the case are as follows. Dr. Mernitz first saw Patty Jo Culbertson on March…
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