Expert testimony is not necessary to prove that a doctor was negligent in leaving the tip of a surgical steel needle inside a patient, the Superior Court has ruled in a memorandum opinion in an apparent case of first impression.
“Leaving a portion of a needle within a patient, like leaving a surgical sponge within a patient’s body, is within the comprehension of non-professionals, and constitutes a breach of duty to the patient, without the necessity of expert testimony,” the Superior Court wrote in Hower v. Rogers.
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