MORGANSTEIN v. HOUSE


377 Pa.Super. 512 (1988)

547 A.2d 1180

Evelyn MORGANSTEIN, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Morton Morganstein, Deceased, Appellant, v. Benjamin HOUSE, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 18, 1988.

Reargument Denied October 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith S. Erbstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Stanley P. Stahl, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WIEAND, BECK and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this appeal from the judgment entered following a defense verdict in a medical malpractice action, the principal issue is whether the trial court erred by instructing the jury on the "two schools of medicine" doctrine.

On June 24, 1980, Morton Morganstein made a professional visit to Benjamin House, M.D., who had been his physician for almost twenty years. Morganstein complained of pain...

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