An elderly New Jersey man who severely burned his feet after attempting a sleeplessness remedy suggested by a popular television personality, Dr. Mehmet Oz, cannot sustain a personal injury action against the physician, no matter how much he cherished Oz’s advice, a judge in Manhattan has ruled.
Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla (See Profile) held that even though Frank Dietl says he trusted Dr. Oz as if he was his own physician, there was nothing close to a physician-patient relationship that would establish a duty of care.
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