Legal Opinion
Poulin v. Zartman
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1975No. 2120, 2127PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CON-NOR, J., and STEWART, Superior Court Judge. CONNOR, Justice.
This appeal arises from a medical malpractice action. It raises issues concerning admissibility of evidence, standards of conduct by a physician, and the “informed consent” doctrine.
A suit was brought by Wilfred Poulin on behalf of his infant daughter, Courtney Poulin, against Dr. Harvey Zartman. Poulin brought this action for damages alleging that Zartman improperly administered oxygen to Courtney, thereby causing her to become totally blind, and that Zart-man’s failure to properly treat jaundice…
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