Midler v. Benjamin

Opinion

PETERS, J.

A physician may be held responsible for an unfortunate medical outcome either for failure to comply with the prevailing professional standard of medical care or for failure to obtain informed consent. See Godwin v. Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C., 254 Conn. 131, 757 A.2d 516 (2000). This appeal concerns the law of informed consent. The plaintiffs’ principal claim is that the trial court improperly precluded the minor patient and her parents from testifying about what they would have done if the defendant physician had told them that performance of the chin implant…