Jacques v. Carter

This is an appeal 1 in a medical malpractice action from a jury verdict in favor of the defendants, Marie Carter, a physician, and the William W. Backus Hospital, and from the denial of the plaintiffs motion to set aside the verdict. The plaintiff claims that the court erred in its charge to the jury by failing to relate the issues of abandonment of the plaintiffs decedent and of failure to provide follow-up care for her to the evidence in the case.

The following facts are not substantially in dispute. On July 11, 1973, at about 12:30 a.m., the plaintiffs 2 decedent, Dolores Jacques, was…