Legal Opinion
Mazer v. Lipshutz
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 20, 1962No. Civ. A. Nos. 25749, 27438PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Plaintiff’s decedent, Israel Abrams, died on January 4, 1958, following an operation on December 19, 1957. On December 17, 1957, Abrams had entered the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Southern Division (Hospital), for elective gall bladder surgery and common duct exploration. He was placed in Room 807. On the very same day, another Israel Abrams entered the same hospital and was assigned to Room 342. Following usual hospital practice, the anaesthetist, Dr. Peter Chodoff, ordered that two pints of whole blood be made available in the operating room. This…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Yorston v. PennellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Eleanor B. Halprin, Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence W. Halprin, Deceased v. Andre Mora, and Third-Party Clarence W. Davis, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Ruddy v. New York Central Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Coleman v. Board of Education of School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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- Mazer v. Security Insurance GroupDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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