2000 Pa. Super. 285 - Cosom v. Marcotte’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hoffman v. Misericordia Hospital · Moure v. Raeuchle · Commonwealth v. Craver · Dernovesk v. Commonwealth · 365 Pa. Super. 464 - Neal by Neal v. Lu
Most-quoted passages
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“In Festa v. Greenberg, supra, this court held that a plaintiff cannot prevail on an implied consent cause of action absent evidence of this kind. We recognized that Pennsylvania is one of a growing number of jurisdictions to adopt a “pru dent patient” standard of informed consent. This standard tests the adequacy of the physician’s pre-treatment disclosures by requiring the fact finder to determine whether the patient received all of the information that a reasonable person would deem “material.” We concluded in Festa that even though the ultimate assessment of “materiality” is for the fact finder to make, expert testimony is nevertheless necessary on the important secondary issues that lie outside the knowledge of the lay person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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