Legal Opinion
Morgenroth v. Pacific Medical Center, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 20, 1976No. Civ. 34991PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
Plaintiff, Charles Morgenroth, appeals from judgments of nonsuit entered at the close of the presentation of his evidence of liability in an action for malpractice against his doctors, A. Selzer, J. Sakai,-W. Kerth and J. Kelly, and the Pacific Medical Center. He contends that pursuant to the recently established rule of Cobbs v. Grant, 8 Cal.3d 229, 244 [104 Cal.Rptr. 505, 502 P.2d 1], he did not give an informed consent to the internal mammary visualization procedure that increased the risk of the stroke he suffered during the subsequent procedure of coronary…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Cooper v. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1971
- Anthony v. HobbieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of TrusteesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
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