Chouinard v. Health Ventures

Plaintiff sued defendants for medical malpractice. The trial court directed a verdict in defendants’ favor because the jury could not reasonably infer that defendants’ breach of the standard of care caused plaintiffs injuries. We affirm.

We state the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff. Wheeler v. LaViolette, 129 Or App 57, 60, 877 P2d 665 (1994). Plaintiff has a history of migraine headaches. In September 1993, she visited her physician, Dr. Pugsley, and reported that she had recently experienced disorientation and scattered thinking in addition to headaches. Pugsley attributed the…