Mascarenas v. Gonzales

OPINION

HERNANDEZ, Judge.

Defendant Lawrence Rodriguez (the other two defendants having been dismissed), a licensed chiropractor, of Fair-view, New Mexico, appeals from a jury verdict against him for alleged medical malpractice resulting in four fractured ribs in his patient, the plaintiff.

These grounds for reversal are urged by defendant* (1) Evidence of plaintiff’s medical expenses was erroneously admitted, prejudicing defendant; (2) Plaintiff presented no competent medical evidence establishing a causal connection between the injury to her ribs and her pain and suffering; (3) Plaintiff…