Court Opinion

ID: 9627019
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:31:16.187923+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:38.414061
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Justice SAYLOR
concurring and dissenting.
With regard to the issue of informed consent as it pertains to Dr. Morros’ attempted placement of the Permacath, I join the majority opinion, as I agree that the doctrine of informed consent, at least under the presently prevailing interpretation of the pertinent statute, see generally Montgomery v. Bazaz-Sehgal, 568 Pa. 574, 798 A.2d 742 (2002), does not encompass a choice among alternative sites for performing a surgical procedure such as the insertion of a Permacath.1
As to whether a hospital may be held vicariously liable for an employee-physician’s failure to obtain a patient’s informed consent, I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that it cannot, and, as to this issue, join Mr. Justice Nigro’s dissenting opinion to the contrary.

. As I noted in Montgomery, at least the argument can be made that the General Assembly's recent amendments to the statute incorporate negligence concepts. See id. at 591-92, 798 A.2d at 753 (Saylor, J., concurring).