NEUMAN, Justice.
This medical malpractice case concerns the scope and adequacy of informed consent secured from a surgery patient who developed transfusion-associated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A jury returned a verdict in favor of the surgeon and this appeal followed. We affirm.
The operative facts are largely undisputed. In February 1985 defendant Richard Johnston—an orthopedic surgeon—performed a total hip replacement on a...
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