Steel v. Bemis

This is a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiff, Andrea F. Steel, brought suit against the defendant, George G. Bemis, Jr., M.D., to recover damages for the pain and suffering she endured as a result of the defendant’s mistaken diagnosis that a partial miscarriage was a complete miscarriage. Trial before a jury in the Merrimack County Superior Court (Temple, J.) resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $50,000. The defendant, having taken a number of exceptions during trial and having excepted to the trial court’s denial of his post-verdict motion for an order of…