Grossi v. Miriam Hospital

OPINION

This ease came before a panel of the Supreme Court for oral argument on December 17,1996, pursuant to an order directing counsel to appear and show cause why the appeal should not be summarily decided. Counsel have submitted memoranda, and after having heard argument, we conclude that cause has not been shown and that the plaintiffs appeal will be decided at this time.

The plaintiff, Edna Grossi, has appealed from a final judgment granting summary judgment in favor of John Lonks, M.D., one of the defendants named in plaintiffs medical malpractice civil action pending in the Superior…