McKinney v. Reardon

OPINION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

LONGOBARDI, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this negligence action against Defendant-Physician to recover damages arising from a fall suffered by one of the Plaintiffs. Defendant has moved for partial summary judgment and this is the Court’s decision thereon.

Plaintiff, whose left leg was amputated at the mid-thigh level in December, 1965, was Defendant’s patient prior to the accident. Because he suffered from “phantom pain” in his amputated leg, Plaintiff attended weekly hypnotic group thereapy ses sions conducted by Defendant-Physician from July 16,…