Campbell v. Palmer

This is a medical malpractice action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant physicians for failing to diagnose rectal cancer. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment filed by the defendant radiologist, John A. Tighe, finding that the plaintiff’s expert never stated, either in his deposition or his affidavit, that the defendant was guilty of malpractice or that he deviated from the applicable standard of care. The plaintiff’s appeal followed.

*545The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred (1) in granting Tighe’s motion for summary judgment, (2) in concluding…