California Court of Appeal

BETTERTON v. LEICHTLING, A093197

Error in jury instruction on informed consent was harmless, though it encouraged the jury to evaluate a doctor's duty of disclosure solely by reference to expert testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2002
• Published 08/29/2002

Judges

• PARRILLI, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Edward Joseph Nevin, San Francisco, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• B. Thomas French, Joseph C. Gharrity, Robert S. Willoughby, Hassard, Bonnington, San Francisco, for Respondent.