Cooper v. Roberts

Opinion by

Spaulding, J.,

This is an appeal by appellant, Irene Cooper, from the denial of her motion for a new trial. The action involved a medical malpractice claim wherein appellant sought damages for the perforation of her stomach in the performance of a gastroscopio examination. Appellant sued both her general attending physician and the physician who performed the examination on February 22, 1962. Trial of appellees, Doctors Brooke Roberts and Norman Nathan Cohen before Judge Cav-anaugh and a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, resulted in a verdict on May 1, 1969 for…