Legal Opinion
Cornelio v. Stamford Hospital
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 4, 1998No. SC 15826PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Angela Comelio, has a right to immediate possession of pathology slides obtained and analyzed in the course of her medical care by the defendant, Stamford Hospital. We conclude that she does not have such a right.
The following facts and procedural history are undisputed. A Papanicolaou test, or Pap smear, is a test commonly used to screen for cancer of the cervix and endometrium. Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (28th Ed. 1994) p. 1681. In brief, a specimen that contains cervical cells is removed from…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Doe v. Institute of Living, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- D'Addario v. AbbottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- M. Itzkowitz & Sons, Inc. v. SantorelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Staub v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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