Labar v. McDonald et al

MEMORANDUM/ORDER THAT PLAINTIFFS' MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GALLBLADDER SURGERY IS DENIED. SIGNED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE HENRY S. PERKIN ON 1/20/12. 1/20/12 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.

E.D. Pa.January 20, 2012

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA _________________________________________ : NICOLE LaBAR, a Minor, by KELLI LaBAR and : WILLIAM LaBAR, Parents and Guardians : : Plaintiffs : : vs. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-1108 : MARIAN McDONALD, M.D.; : ST. LUKE’S PHYSICIAN GROUP, INC., formerly : known as St. Luke’s Health Services, Inc., doing : business as Keystone Surgical Associates; and : ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PA, : trading as St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network : : Defendants : _________________________________________ : ORDER AND NOW, this 20 day of January, 2012, upon consideration of Plaintiffs’th Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence of the Risks Associated with Gallbladder Surgery Identified in the “Understanding Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery” Booklet, the “Consent to Procedure or Surgery” Form, and Testimony Related Thereto (Dkt. No. 46), which motion was filed December 19, 2011; upon consideration of Defendants’ Response in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion in Limine to Exclude Evidence of the Risks Associated with Gallbladder Surgery Identified in the “Understanding Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery” Booklet, the “Consent to Procedure or Surgery” Form, and Testimony Related Thereto (Dkt. No. 55), which response was filed January 4, 2012; and for the reasons expressed in the foregoing Memorandum, Case 5:10-cv-01108-HSP Document 74 Filed 01/20/12 Page 1 of 2 IT IS ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion in limine is DENIED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Henry S. Perkin HENRY S. PERKIN, United States Magistrate Judge 2 Case 5:10-cv-01108-HSP Document 74 Filed 01/20/12 Page 2 of 2