Indiana Appeals Court Affirms Ruling For Hospital In Hip Replacement Injury Suit

(September 25, 2018, 10:55 AM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A trial court correctly concluded that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur did not apply to claims that a hospital was liable for the three-part displaced fracture that occurred in a plaintiff’s right femur following the cementless total hip replacement of her right hip, a divided Indiana Court of Appeals held Sept. 14.  It also affirmed the lower court’s finding that no genuine issue of material fact existed on the issues of breach of the applicable standard of care and causation (Cindy Glon, et al. v. Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Inc., No. 18A-CT-49, Ind. App., 2018 Ind. App. LEXIS 329)....

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