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HARRIS v. GALLAHER

375 A.2d 456 (1977)

Truman E. HARRIS, Administrator of the Estate of Christine E. Harris, Plaintiff below, Appellant, v. Phyllis D. GALLAHER, M. D., Defendant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

Jane R. Roth, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

Before DUFFY, Justice, MARVEL, Chancellor, and BROWN, Vice Chancellor.

DUFFY, Justice:

In this action based on allegations of medical malpractice, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Superior Court awarding summary judgment to defendant. We reverse.

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Christine E. Harris was a patient of defendant-doctor, a gynecologist, from the mid-1960s through 1971. In August 1969, while Mrs. Harris was hospitalized (for surgery not related to the present claim), she was informed by...

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