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Morse, who presided over the original trial, did not dispute the jury's finding of negligence on the part of Dr. Alan R. Spievack, a UHS assistant surgeon and assistant clinical professor of surgery, and Dr. Joan R. Golub, Glicklich's private physician...
Attorneys for Spievack and Jones had argued that her condition would be no different today if they had treated her differently; they appealed the damage finding within days of the original decision...
Raymond J. Kenney, Spievack's attorney, and Clyde Bergstresser, Glicklich's attorney, agreed yesterday that reversals by trial judges in malpractice cases are relatively rare...
...Warren E.C. Wacker, director of UHS, said this week that the service's quality-assurance committee will not begin its investigation of Spievack's conduct until the appellate court hands down its decision. Wacker said UHS attorneys have told him there is a "high probability" the reversal will be sustained...
Even if the committee finds Spievack's conduct "not quite up to our standards." Postel said, "that doesn't necessarily mean (he's) fired." The committee's recommendation in such cases binges on "the gravity of the error in judgment" it discovers