Malloy v. Shanahan

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division, of Chester County, which denied appellant’s motion for a new trial.

This is a medical malpractice suit brought in trespass and assumpsit but tried only in trespass. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the doctor-appellee and against the appellants.

The record indicates that the appellant, Mrs. Helen Malloy, was suffering from what was diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis and sought appellee’s help as the result of a referral from an arthritis clinic.

After examination and diagnosis, relief from the…