Sung v. Butterworth

The sole certified issue in this medical malpractice case is the propriety of the Appellate Court’s inquiry into the sufficiency, under Practice Book § 220 (D),1 of the plaintiffs notice to the defendant concerning a potential witness who testified on her behalf. The plaintiff, Audra Sung,2 appealed to the Appellate Court from the trial court’s denial of her motion to set aside a jury verdict that had found the defendant, Robert E. Edkin,3 an orthopedic surgeon, not liable for malpractice in the manner in which he had treated an injury to her left elbow. In her appeal, the plaintiff…