Haynes v. Hoffman

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• patient failed to disclose her history of allergies before physician administered a drug which caused a severe reaction
• “[N]ondisclosure of relevant information may constitute contributory negligence on the part of the patient. [Cits.]”
• A If a patient is aware that the physician is unaware of some aspect of the patient = s medical history which may involve a risk of harm to the patient, then ordinary care requires that the patient volunteer this additional information to the treating physician. @

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).