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THOMAS v. AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 72-1370.

414 F.Supp. 255 (1976)

Samuel Dwane THOMAS, M.D. v. AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome H. Ellis, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Gerald A. Dennehey, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for Medesco, Inc.

White & Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for third party defendant.

OPINION

JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, Senior District Judge.

On May 26, 1971, the plaintiff, Doctor Samuel Dwane Thomas, then a urology resident at Episcopal Hospital, was performing a transurethral prostatectomy using a surgical instrument known as a resectoscope. Suddenly, in the midst of the operation, the instrument malfunctioned, and Dr. Thomas suffered an electrical burn of the cornea of his right eye. He brought suit against the manufacturer, American Cystoscope...

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