GALA v. HAMILTON


552 Pa. 466 (1998)

715 A.2d 1108

Hiren S. GALA, Appellant, v. Ralph HAMILTON, M.D., and Michael S. O'Connor, M.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Thistle, Philadelphia, for Hiren S. Gala.

Allen H. Starr, for Ralph Hamilton, M.D.

Kenwyn M. Dougherty and Barbara S. Magen, Philadelphia, for Michael S. O'Connor, M.D.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted allocatur in this matter to address the issue of whether a defendant must present medical literature to justify a "two schools of thought" instruction.

In March of 1988, Hiren S. Gala (Appellant) underwent surgery for removal of a schwannoma, a benign tumor on a nerve in his neck. His wife, who is a pathologist, first noticed the lump on her husband's neck in December 1987. Ralph Hamilton, M.D., a plastic...

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