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Kerins v. Hartley

Court of Appeal of California
Jan 1, 1993
17 Cal.App.4th 713 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993)

Summary

In Kerins, a patient sued a surgeon, seeking compensation for the emotional distress she had suffered upon discovering that the surgeon infected with the AIDS virus had performed an operation on her. After declining to limit a plaintiff's right to recover emotional damages to cases where the plaintiff alleges and proves actual exposure, the court stated that the reasonable window of anxiety, for which recovery was proper, closes "after the plaintiff has had sufficient opportunity to determine with reasonable medical certainty that he or she has not been exposed to or infected with the AIDS virus."

Summary of this case from Chizmar v. Mackie

Opinion

1993


REVIEW GRANTED

On February 24, 1994, cause transferred to Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two, with directions.


Summaries of

Kerins v. Hartley

Court of Appeal of California
Jan 1, 1993
17 Cal.App.4th 713 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993)

In Kerins, a patient sued a surgeon, seeking compensation for the emotional distress she had suffered upon discovering that the surgeon infected with the AIDS virus had performed an operation on her. After declining to limit a plaintiff's right to recover emotional damages to cases where the plaintiff alleges and proves actual exposure, the court stated that the reasonable window of anxiety, for which recovery was proper, closes "after the plaintiff has had sufficient opportunity to determine with reasonable medical certainty that he or she has not been exposed to or infected with the AIDS virus."

Summary of this case from Chizmar v. Mackie
Case details for

Kerins v. Hartley

Case Details

Full title:Kerins v. Hartley

Court:Court of Appeal of California

Date published: Jan 1, 1993

Citations

17 Cal.App.4th 713 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993)
21 Cal. Rptr. 2d 621

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