Cabiroy v. Scipione

DEL SOLE, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a trial court order granting Appellee-Plaintiffs request for post-trial relief and awarding a new trial. We affirm.

57 2 Appellee commenced this action alleging Appellant committed medical malpractice when he treated Appellee with injections of liquid silicone to cosmetically improve a nasal deformity. It was alleged that the silicone injections caused lumps to form on Appellee’s nose, which later had to be shaved off with a scalpel. It was established at trial that the FDA had never approved the use of liquid silicone for injections and that Appellee…