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REAVES v. MANDELL

209 N.J. Super. 465 (1986)

507 A.2d 807

EARNESTINE REAVES, PLAINTIFF, v. MICHAEL MANDELL, M.D., DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Morris County.

Decided February 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice W. Ballard, admitted pro hac vice, for plaintiff (Berman & Levins, attorneys).

Patricia J. Cooney for defendant (Giblin, Combs & Cooney, attorneys).

MacKENZIE, J.S.C.

This is a medical malpractice case. Plaintiff contends that she consented to a total abdominal hysterectomy and left salpingo — oophorectomy on September 7, 1982 without having been fully and properly informed by her obstetrician/gynecologist.1 Absent emergency, the performance of a surgical procedure by a physician without first obtaining the effective consent of a competent adult, constitutes professional negligence...

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