Paul Oden v. Carl Schwartz, M.D.

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court...

In this medical malpractice action, the defendant, Carl Schwartz, M.D. (defendant or Dr. Schwartz), appeals from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Paul Oden (Oden or plaintiff). On appeal, Dr. Schwartz argues that the trial justice erred in denying his motion for a new trial. Specifically, he asserts that the trial justice committed reversible error in (1) refusing to instruct the jury on intervening and superseding' cause; (2) admitting certain testimony pertaining to Oden’s cardiac arrest following surgery in August 2004; (3)…