Legal Opinion
Flanagan v. Wesselhoeft
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 5, 2001No. 99-121-AppealPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Weisberger, Chief Justice.
This case is now before the Court for the second time. On August 30, 1989, Donna Flanagan (Donna), brought her daughter, Ashley Flanagan (Ashley or daughter), then eleven months old, to Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft (Dr. Wesselhoeft or defendant), a surgeon, for a consultation in respect to an enlarged cervical node below her right ear. She brought Ashley to Dr. Wesselhoeft on the recommendation of her pediatrician, Dr. Bickford Lang. Doctor Wesselhoeft met with Donna and Ashley for approximately five to six minutes in his office. He examined the child, palpated the…
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