JOHNSON, Judge:
In this appeal, we are asked to consider whether Pennsylvania law recognizes a cause of action where a doctor failed to obtain his patient's informed consent to the administration of an intercostal nerve block. Because we find that we are bound by prior case law which limits actions for informed consent to situations involving surgical or operative procedures, we are constrained to affirm the trial court order that granted Dr. John A. McPhail's preliminary...
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