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Selected Recent Court Decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

John A. Norris ,
Muriel Fudala ,
Bruce L. Watson  and
The Student Staff
John A. Norris
Affiliation:
American Journal of Law & Medicine; Norris & Norris, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts; Member, Part-time Faculties, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston College Law School, and Boston University School of Law.
Muriel Fudala
Affiliation:
Brandeis University; first-year student Boston College Law School; Research Associate, American Journal of Law & Medicine.
Bruce L. Watson
Affiliation:
Boston University School of Law; Staff Attorney, Boston University Center for Law & Health Sciences.
The Student Staff
Affiliation:
Substantial assistance in writing the summaries of these recent court decisions was provided by the following members of the Student Staff; Ross Eatman, Susan M. Schmidt, and Harvey Shapiro.
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Medicolegal Reference Library
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American Journal of Law & Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Summer 1981 , pp. 193 - 218
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1981

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References

1 640 F.2d 30 (7th Cir. 1980).

2 The Hill-Burton Act, 42 U.S.C. § 291 et. seq., was enacted as the Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946.

3 408 U.S. 564 (1972).

4 397 U.S. 254 (1970).

5 504 F.2d 483 (9th Cir. 1974).

6 422 U.S. 66 (1975).

7 See, e.g., Cook v. Ochsner Foundation Hosp., 559 F.2d 968 (5th Cir. 1977); National A. of Neighborhood Centers v. Mathews, 551 F.2d 321 (D.C. Cir. 1976); Gordon v. Forsyth County Hosp. Auth., Inc., 544 F.2d 748 (5th Cir. 1976); Euresti v. Stenner, 458 F.2d 1115 (10th Cir. 1972).

8 No. 80-756 (U.S., June 25, 1981).

9 610 F.2d 1228 (5th Cir. 1980), cert, pending sub nom. Schweiker v. Norman, No. 80-498 (5th Cir.).

10 No. 80-756, slip op. at 8 (citing Friendly, J., in Friedman v. Berger, 547 F.2d 724, 727 n.7 (2d Cir. 1976), cert, denied, 430 U.S. 984 (1977)).

11 392 U.S. 309 (1968).

12 397 U.S. 552 (1970).

13 421 U.S. 338 (1975).

14 No. 78-1982 (3d Cir. 1980).

15 421 A5d 190 (Pa. 1980).

16 483 Pa. 106, 394 A.2d 932 (1978).

17 381 Pa. 223, 112 A.2d 625 (1955).

18 Dunn, Legislative Efforts to Reform Medical Malpractice: Unconstitutional in Practice?, 8 Medicolegal News 8, 10 (Sept. 1980).

19 Id.

20 424 A.2d 825 (N.H. 1980).

21 State v. Scoville, 113 N.H. 161, 304 A.2d 366, 369 (1973) (quoting F.S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia, 253 U.S. 412, 415 (1920)).

22 49 U.S.L.W. 2599 (1st Cir. Mar. 10, 1981).

23 Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938).

24 78 F.R.D. 218 (D.R.I. 1978).

25 See No. 80-1283, slip op. at 10 (1st Cir. Mar. 10, 1981); DeAntonio v. Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hosp., 628 F.2d 287 (4th Cir. 1980); Davison v. Sinai Hosp. of Baltimore, Inc., 617 F.2d 361 (4th Cir. 1980), aff'g 462 F. Supp. 778 (D. Md. 1978); Edelson v. Soricelli, 610 F.2d 131 (3d Cir. 1979); Stoner v. Presbyterian Univ. Hosp., 609 F.2d 109 (3d Cir. 1979); Hines v. Elkhart Gen. Hosp., 603 F.2d 464 (7th Cir. 1979); Woods v. Holy Cross Hosp., 591 F.2d 1164 (5th Cir. 1979); Seone v. Ortho Pharmaceutical, Inc., 472 F. Supp. 468 (E.D. La. 1979); Byrnes v. Kirby, 453 F. Supp. 1014 (D. Mass. 1978); Wells v. McCarthy, 432 F. Supp. 688 (E.D. Mo. 1977); Marquez v. Hahnemann Medical College & Hosp., 435 F. Supp. 972 (E.D. Pa. 1976); Flotemersch v. Bedford County Gen. Hosp., 69 F.R.D. 556 (E.D. Tenn. 1975).

26 49 U.S.L.W. 4363 (Apr. 20, 1981).

27 612 F.2d 84 (3d Cir. 1979), cert, granted, 100 S. Ct. 2984 (1980), summarized in 6 Am. J.L. & Med. 378 (1980).

28 26 Cal. 3d 588, 607 P.2d 924, 163 Cal. Rptr. 132, cert, denied, 101 S. Ct. 285, 101 S. Ct. 286 (1980).

29 94 Mich. App. 59, 289 N.W.2d 20 (1980).

30 49 U.S.L.W. 2587 (N.Y. App. Div. Mar. 17, 1981).

31 175 N.J. Super. 551, 420 A.2d 1305 (1980).

32 178N.J. Super. 19, 427 A.2d 1121 (1981).

33 33 Cal. 2d 80, 199 P.2d 1 (1948).

34 67 N.J. 291, 338 A.2d 1 (1975).

35 The court noted that in Sindell the number of DES manufacturers was reported as 200.