Legal Opinion
Anita Patenaude Dunning v. Marvin S. Kerzner, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 16, 1990No. 89-1645PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
In the present wrongful death action Anita Patenaude Dunning asserts a medical malpractice claim premised on Dr. Marvin Kerzner’s negligent failure to diagnose the colon cancer which precipitated the death of her husband. Following a seven day trial in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant physician. The plaintiff contends on appeal that certain misapprehensions concerning the scope of a physician’s duty of care under Rhode Island law led the district court into a spate of prejudicial rulings which…
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- Truan v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
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