Beadle v. Allis

This is a medical malpractice case. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants and plaintiff appeals as of right, alleging that the trial court erred so as to require reversal (1) by unduly restricting the scope of cross-examination of one of defendants’ expert witnesses and (2) by refusing to give the jury several instructions requested by plaintiff. We disagree and accordingly affirm.

On March 5, 1981, plaintiff fell and injured her left arm. She went to a Lansing hospital emergency room, where she was treated by defendant Harry D. Allis, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon. He reviewed several…