Case Bulletin – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Clarifies the Duty of Informed Consent
On June 20, 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed a trial court’s instructions to the jury related to informed consent in Shinal v. Toms, M.D., 31 MAP 2016 (Pa. 2017), ultimately overruling prior Superior Court holdings. In doing so, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a physician may not delegate to others his or her […]
