Patino v. Suchnik

OPINION

This appeal challenges a trial justice’s jury instructions concerning the alleged gross negligence of emergency rescue workers (EMTs) in deciding not to transport an injured party to a hospital. Following complications ensuing from a head wound, the injured party died approximately one year after the incident in question. The plaintiffs, Cindy L. Patino, as administratrix of the estate of Eugene J. Janarelli (Janarelli), and Denise Lau-rens on behalf of her minor children, Crystal Laurens and Kayla Laurens, appeal from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the defendants, Frank Suehnik…