A Philadelphia jury has rendered a defense verdict for a pediatrician over claims that he failed to diagnose an infant’s cataracts.

After six days of trial in Ross v. Pennsylvania Hospital, the verdict found that Dr. Theodore Tapper, of South Philadelphia Pediatrics, met the standards of care when he treated Emma Jae Ross for the first few months after she was born. The trial, which came to a verdict June 14, was held before Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Rosalyn K. Robinson.

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