Krattenstein v. Thomas

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rendered pursuant to a jury verdict for the defendant physician, Norman Gahm, in this medical malpractice action.1 The plaintiff filed a motion to set aside the verdict which was denied. All of the issues on appeal concern the trial court’s charge to the jury. The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred: (1) in charging the jury that a physician is not liable for bona fide errors in judgment; (2) in charging the jury on the definition of the term “immediate”; (3) in failing to charge the jury on the issue of a physician’s vicarious liability; (4) in…