Utzler v. Medical Center Hosp. of Vermont

Plaintiff, William Utzler, appeals the judgment rendered in a medical malpractice action he instituted against defendant, Surgical Associates Foundation. Analytically, there are two distinct claims of negligence. The first relates to the care which plaintiff received during his hospitalization for a bypass operation in July of 1976; the second relates to the care which plaintiff received following his discharge from the hospital. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of defendant as to the plaintiff’s claim of negligence for the treatment he received after his discharge. A jury returned…