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Hapchuck v. Pierson, Jr., M.D.
State: West Virginia
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 23782
Case Date: 10/24/1997
Plaintiff: Hapchuck
Defendant: Pierson, Jr., M.D.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
September 1997 Term

No. 23782
MARY M. HAPCHUCK,
Plaintiff below, Appellant,
v.
BRUCE PIERSON, JR., M.D., and BRUCE PIERSON, JR., M.D., P.D., a West Virginia Corporation, Defendants below, Appellees.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wood County
Hon. Robert A. Waters, Judge
Civil Action No. 92-C-683

AFFIRMED

Submitted: September 10, 1997
Filed: October 24, 1997

John E. Triplett, Jr., Esq.  Charles M. Love, III, Esq.
Theisen, Brock, Frye, Erb & Leeper Co.            Stuart A. McMillan, Esq.
Marietta, Ohio  Bowles, Rice, McDavid,
Attorney for Appellant                     Graff & Love                                Charleston, West Virginia                                Attorneys for Appellees
The Opinion of the Court was delivered PER CURIAM.
    SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
1. "It is the general rule that in medical malpractice cases negligence or want of professional skill can be proved only by expert witnesses." Syllabus Point 2, Roberts v. Gale, 149 W.Va. 166, 139 S.E.2d 272 (1964).
2. "Although expert medical testimony is not required under the patient need standard to establish the scope of a physician's duty to disclose medical information to his or her patient, expert medical testimony would ordinarily be
required to establish certain matters including: (1) the risks involved concerning a particular method of treatment, (2) alternative methods of treatment, (3) the risks relating to such alternative methods of treatment and (4) the results likely to occur if the patient remains untreated." Syllabus Point 5, Cross v. Trapp, 170 W.Va. 459, 294 S.E.2d 446 (1982).
3. "A trial court is vested with discretion under W.Va. Code
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