Court Opinion

ID: 9748602
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:07:41.729423+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:37.530452
License: Public Domain

MUSMANNO, J.,
Concurring and Dissenting:
¶ 11 agree with the majority that Albert Einstein Medical Center (AEMC) is not vicariously liable for Dr. Allen’s failure to obtain informed consent. Because a hospital generally has no duty to a patient under the informed consent doctrine, see Southard v. Temple Univ. Hosp., 731 A.2d 603, 614 (Pa.Super.1999), I concur with the majority’s conclusion that summary judgment properly was entered in favor of AEMC and against Appellant regarding this issue.
¶ 2 With respect to the majority’s determination that the informed consent doctrine did not require Dr. Morros to advise the decedent regarding alternative viable sites for placement of the catheter, I respectfully dissent from the majority and join the dissenting opinion of my esteemed colleague, the Honorable Joseph Del Sole.