Del Canal v. Santos

This is an appeal by the plaintiff Manuel Del Canal from (a) an adverse final judgment and (b) an adverse cost and attorney’s fee judgment entered below in favor of the defendant Gerardo Santos, M.D. in a medical malpractice action. The central point raised on appeal is that the trial court erred in entering a post-trial directed verdict in favor of the defendant Dr. Santos, which, it is urged, requires the succeeding cost and attorney’s fee judgment to fall as well. We disagree and affirm.

Our review of the record reveals that no expert testimony was adduced below that Dr. Santos’ treatment…