Legal Opinion
Landis v. Delp
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1971No. Civ. A. 41362PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KRAFT, District Judge.
In this medical malpractice action trial to a jury resulted in answers to interrogatories, which exonerated one defendant, Dr. Delp, and found the other defendant, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center (hereafter called hospital) negligent. However, the jury was unable to agree upon an answer to the interrogatory which asked whether negligence of the hospital was a proximate cause of minor plaintiff’s injury.
The hospital has filed a motion, under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b), for judgment upon the whole record, notwithstanding the disagreement of the jury.
The controlling…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McSparran v. WeistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Groh v. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Dominic A. Esposito, Guardian of the Estate of David J. McClintock Jr., a Minor v. Ralph Emery and Cecil SpencerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Dan F. Thompson v. C. Walton Lillehei, Geraldine B. Thompson v. C. Walton LilleheiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Eisenberg v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Wahpeton Canvas Co. v. Frontier, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
- O'brien, Ann C. v. Eli Lilly & Company E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. The Upjohn Company, and Winthrop Company, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Fox v. Passaic General HospitalSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- MORAN v. NapolitanoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- Lowenstein v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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