Legal Opinion
Hammer v. Mount Sinai Hospital
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 17, 1991No. 8841; 8851PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
The defendants, Mount Sinai Hospital (hospital) and Douglas Whittemore, a physician employed by the hospital,1 appeal from a judgment rendered on a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff in this malpractice action.
On August 18,1981, the plaintiff, a podiatrist, entered the hospital for treatment of a duodenal ulcer. The plaintiff also suffered from pancreatitis, a related condition, the symptoms of which made it unsafe for him to undergo ulcer surgery. In order to control those symptoms, Kishan Tandon, the plaintiff’s treating physician, decided that the plaintiff should receive high…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. StepneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Wilkinson v. VeseySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- Finley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Bernard v. CharHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1995
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