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· 11/1/1993

Villarini-Garcia v. Hospital Del Maestro, Inc.

Citations

  • 8 F.3d 81
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 28327
  • 1993 WL 432547

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  • holding that varying diagnoses of different doctors, along with the reassurances of the negligent physician, “could have lulled a reasonable person into believing for a year or more that the operation had not been botched”
  • holding that varying diagnoses of different doctors, along with the reassurances of the negligent physician, \could have lulled a reasonable person into believing for a year or more that the operation had not been botched\
  • holding that varying diagnoses of different doctors, along with the reassurances of the negligent physician, \could have lulled a reasonable person into believing for a year or more that the operation had not been botched\
  • noting that plaintiff \might be faulted\ for failing to inquire about the relationship between her earlier - 25 - surgery and current injury, but nevertheless declining to grant judgment as a matter of law on the question of timeliness
  • where plaintiff had all the information necessary for a failure-to-warn claim, doctor’s subsequent reassurances would not excuse ■ plaintiffs lack of diligence in pursuing the claim
  • where plaintiff had all the information necessary for a failure-to-warn claim, doctor's subsequent reassurances would not excuse plaintiff's lack of diligence in pursuing the claim

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Judges: Boudin, Cyr, Selya

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