Legal Opinion
Thomas v. American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 5, 1976No. Civ. A. 72-1370PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, Senior District Judge.
On May 26, 1971, the plaintiff, Doctor Samuel Dwane Thomas, then a urology resident at Episcopal Hospital, was performing a transurethral prostatectomy using a surgical instrument known as a resectoscope. Suddenly, in the midst of the operation, the instrument malfunctioned, and Dr. Thomas suffered an electrical burn of the cornea of his right eye. He brought suit against the manufacturer, American Cystoscope Makers, Inc. (ACMI) and various other defendants, 1 basically asserting that the resectoscope was defectively designed and had caused his…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Sidney Roginsky v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Chambers v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Delahanty v. First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- SHV Coal, Inc. v. Continental Grain Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Leimgruber v. Claridge Associates, Ltd.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
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