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TARTER v. LINN

396 Pa.Super. 155 (1990)

578 A.2d 453

Margaret T. TARTER and William J. Tarter, Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. Jay G. LINN, Jr., M.D.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 18, 1990.

Reargument Denied August 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Tarter, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

David H. Trushel, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, ROWLEY, McEWEN, OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, JOHNSON, HUDOCK and FORD ELLIOTT, JJ.

JOHNSON, Judge:

Margaret Tarter and William J. Tarter, her husband, brought this medical malpractice action against Dr. Jay G. Linn, an ophthalmologist. Approximately three months after Dr. Linn prescribed the drug Diamox to treat Margaret Tarter's glaucoma, she was diagnosed as having aplastic anemia, an irreversible disorder that inhibits the bone marrow's production of blood components. The Tarters' complaint alleged that Dr. Linn was negligent because he failed...

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