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· 6/22/1972

TAYLOR Et Vir v. Spencer Hospital

Citations

  • 222 Pa. Super. 17
  • 292 A.2d 449
  • 1972 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1230

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that witnesses having “any reasonable pretension to specialized knowledge on a given subject should be allowed to testify as expert witnesses even though they are not the ‘best possible witnesses’ available”
  • error not to allow nurse experienced in handling psychiatric patients to testify about standards for restraints
  • error not to allow nurse experienced in handling psychiatric patients to testify about standards for restraints
  • error not to allow nurse experienced in handling psychiatric patients to testify about standards for restraints
  • error not to allow nurse to testify about standards for restraints where she had experience
  • error not to allow nurse to testify about standards for restraints where she had experience

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Judges: Wright, Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Spaulding, Cercone, Packel, Weight, Thomas

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