Jacobs v. Chatwani

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 The plaintiff in this medical malpractice case, Sharon Jacobs a/k/a Sharon Burton (hereinafter “Plaintiff’), appeals from the September 26, 2005 judgment1 entered in favor of the defendants, Ashwin Chatwani, M.D., (“Dr. Chatwani”) and Temple University Hospital (“Hospital”), (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiff alleged that Dr. Chatwani was negligent in his performance of her hysterectomy, claiming that he injured her left ureter during the procedure resulting in the formation of a ureteral vaginal fístula and leakage of urine into her vagina. Following a jury…