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· 4/13/1989

NIEMIERA BY NIEMIERA v. Schnieder

Citations

  • 555 A.2d 1112
  • 114 N.J. 550
  • 1989 N.J. LEXIS 40

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that Largey “established that the standard of informed consent related to the patient’s needs, not the physician’s judgment”
  • stating in failure-to-warn medical malpractice case involving administration of vaccine, \fundamental underlying question\ is whether vaccine \was the cause of\ plaintiff's brain damage
  • noting possibility of independent cause of plaintiffs’ injuries, unrelated to DPT inoculation
  • noting no duty to warn patient directly about the risks of DPT vaccine
  • noting no duty to warn patient directly about the risks of DPT vaccine
  • \[I]t is the physician's responsibility to pass on to the parties the information that enables the patient to use the product safely.\

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Judges: O'Hern

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