McLaughlin v. Sy

COLLINS, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, Carol McLaughlin appeals from a judgment in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Beaulieu, J.) following a jury verdict that the defendant, Dr. Vincente L. Sy, a general practitioner in Skowhegan, was not negligent, or that his negligence was not a proximate cause of the death of her husband, James McLaughlin. The principal issue in this appeal is whether the court in effect instructed the jury in accordance with the improper “locality rule.” We affirm.

On the evidence at trial, the jury could have found the following facts. 1 James McLaughlin…