· 1/20/1978
Homer Reeg v. Dr. Dennis M. Shaughnessy and Jack D. Fetzer, M.D., Inc.
Citations
- 570 F.2d 309
- 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12970
How courts have described this case
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- “It is settled that parties cannot stipulate that the law of a forum will not control, but that other law will control.”
- the court refused to require a defendant general practitioner to be judged by a higher standard imposed on an orthopedic surgeon, even though he had performed many orthopedic operations
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Judges: Seth, Holloway, Barrett
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