Marlowe v. Ferreira

PIERCE, Judge.

Petitioners, defendants below, seek review by common law certiorari of certain interlocutory orders, one granting motion of plaintiffs below, respondents here, for leave to file an amended complaint, and the other denying defendants’ motions to vacate and to strike the amended complaint.

On September 20, 1966, plaintiffs filed their complaint seeking damages and alleging negligence by the defendant doctors and others in the performance of a dilation and curettement on the plaintiff Lewellyn Ferreira.

Trial of the cause commenced August 30, 1967. On August 31, 1967, a mistrial was…