Legal Opinion
David E. Henderson v. Louis Milobsky
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 9, 1978No. 76-1726PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBINSON.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
We review here the District Court’s grant of a directed verdict for a dental surgeon in a malpractice suit brought by a patient. We agree with the court that the patient failed to make out a prima facie case of actionable nondisclosure of medical risk within the ambit of our Canterbury deci*656sion.1 We conclude, however, that the jury should have been allowed to determine whether the procedure was executed with due…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Palmer v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Hondroulis v. SchuhmacherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,013 Mary Kathryn Thomas v. Hoffman-Laroche, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Cross v. TrappWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Pauscher v. Iowa Methodist Medical CenterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
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