Surgeon Gets Expert Testimony on Informed Consent Claim Trimmed

An expert witness’ testimony will be limited in a case alleging a surgeon failed to obtain his patient’s informed consent, because the proposed evidence was too broad, a federal court in Pennsylvania said.

Khaled Saleh can use the phrase “standard of care” when describing Jeffrey Lutton’s alleged wrongdoing, but he can’t refer to “all” possible complications that Lutton should have warned patient Stanley Johnson about, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.

Lutton performed three hip surgeries on Johnson. He allegedly failed to take proper steps to prevent Johnson from developing heterotrophic ossification—an abnormal bone and ...