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KORMAN v. MALLIN

No. S-4976.

858 P.2d 1145 (1993)

Julie KORMAN, Appellant, v. Robert E. MALLIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Ray, Jr., Anchorage, for appellant.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Brown, Gibbs & Moran, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Chief Justice.

I. Introduction

In this "informed consent" case, Julie Korman appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Dr. Mallin. Korman maintains that Dr. Mallin failed to establish, as a matter of law, that he adequately disclosed the risk of painful and unsightly scarring before Korman consented to elective breast reduction surgery.

In deciding this case, we address for the first time the...

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