Lindley v. St. Mary's Hospital

The plaintiff, Carolyn Lindley, appeals from a judgment entered in the circuit court of St. Clair County following a jury verdict denying recovery in her wrongful death action for medical malpractice involving emergency room treatment accorded to her deceased husband. Lindley challenges the propriety of the trial court’s denial of her request to call an expert witness in her case-in-chief, as well as its disallowance of the same witness’ testimony for purposes of rebutting testimony offered on behalf of the defendant. Also charged as error is the court’s refusal to submit two instructions…