Girard v. Weiss

The plaintiff, on behalf of his decedent, Susan Condon, instituted this medical malpractice action against the defendant physician, Joseph Weiss, for allegedly misdiagnosing a malignant tumor on Con-don’s foot. The trial court rendered summary judgment in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed. The plaintiff raises two issues in this appeal, the first of which is whether the trial court, Hon. Robert J. Hale, state trial referee,1 had authority to act on pretrial motions made by the defendant including the defendant’s motion for summaiy judgment.2 The second issue is whether…