Legal Opinion
Slater v. Kehoe
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 26, 1974No. Civ. 30778PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
Plaintiff, John V. Slater, appeals from an adverse judgment entered on a defense verdict in his malpractice action against the attending physician, defendant M. B. Kehoe, and Herrick Memorial Hospital, and from the order denying his motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. He contends that the trial court erred to his prejudice by: 1) not instructing the jury that there was no informed consent as a matter of law; 2) rejecting his proffered instruction on the applicability of res ipsa loquitur as a matter of law and then giving an erroneous instruction on the…
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