VENDETTI v. SCHUSTER


418 Pa. 68 (1965)

Vendetti v. Schuster, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Gent, with him Curtze, Gent & McCullough, for appellant.

J.S. Jiuliante, Sr., with him Mario P. Restifo, and Jiuliante, Jiuliante, Kelleher & Restifo, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 20, 1965:

The plaintiff, an armed services veteran, was operated on by defendant while plaintiff was a patient in the United States Veterans' Hospital in Erie. Plaintiff's action in trespass was brought on the theory that the defendant's surgery was performed in a negligent manner and resulted in severe damage to the plaintiff's left knee.

Defendant appeals from an Order of the lower Court which dismissed two motions...

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