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- Title: Snyder v. Pantaleo
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 27, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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The plaintiff, as administratrix of
the estate of Shirley C. Snyder, brought this
action for alleged malpractice against the
defendant and had a verdict for damages. The
defendant moved to set the verdict aside and for
judgment notwithstanding the verdict because it
was contrary to the law and the evidence. The
trial court denied these motions, and the
defendant has appealed. The question is whether
there was evidence which reasonably and logically
supported the verdict. Shirley, who lived in West Haven, was sent by
her family physician, Dr. Raymond J. Zagraniski,
to the defendant, a specialist in radiology
practicing in New Haven, for an intravenous
pyelogram, a procedure used in diagnosing kidney
ailments. An iodine compound called diodrast,
which is opaque to roentgen rays, is administered
intravenously and outlines the affected parts so
that pathological conditions otherwise not
observable are disclosed. The procedure is used
quite generally, although it is attended with some
danger because a small percentage of patients are
allergic to the iodine contained in diodrast.
Iodine is deleterious to bodily tissues, and there
is no known antidote for a systemic reaction to an
injection of it. Because of this fact, extreme
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