KARAS v. JACKSON

Civ. A. No. 81-4727.

582 F.Supp. 43 (1983)

Nicholas KARAS, Administrator of the Estate of Voula Karas, Deceased, and Nicholas Karas in his own right v. Dr. Laird G. JACKSON, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avram G. Adler, Adler & Kops, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

A. Grant Sprecher, Ruth Rudbarg Wessel, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Adrian R. King, Post & Schell, Jay J. Lambert, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

VanARTSDALEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff filed this medical malpractice action seeking to recover damages in connection with the death of his wife, Voula Karas. Plaintiff contends that Mrs. Karas' death resulted from the defendants' negligence during the performance of an amniocentesis procedure at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and from the defendants' failure to warn Mrs. Karas of the risks associated with such a procedure...

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