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HORWATH v. SCIBETTA

No. 10878-A-1980.

40 Pa. D. & C. 3d 518 (1985)

Horwath v. Scibetta

Common Pleas Court of Erie County, Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Shimko, for plaintiff.

Peter J. Brodhead, for plaintiff.

John W. Beatty, for defendants M. Peter Scibetta, M.D., Radiology Associates of Erie, Inc., and Clinical Associates of Erie, Inc.

Will J. Schaaf, for defendant Jack H. Hirsch, M.D.

Francis J. Klemensic, for defendant Jack H. Hirsch, M.D.

NYGAARD, J., March 13, 1985.

Since July of 1976, defendant Dr. Hirsch had been treating Helen Horwath for hyperplasia. In the course of her treatment he performed a surgical procedure known as a D&C upon her. (This D&C procedure allows for the scraping of the uterine walls so that samples can be taken for diagnosis.) As a result of the D&C, she was diagnosed as having uterine cancer.

Dr. Hirsch recommended a course of treatment that included...

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