Legal Opinion
Flanagan v. Wesselhoeft
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 22, 1998No. 96-610-AppealPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
The plaintiffs in this appeal claim that a Superior Court trial justice erred in granting the defendant doctor’s motion for judgment as a matter of law in a medical malpractice action.
The plaintiffs are John and Donna Flanagan (John, Donna, .or Flanagans). The defendant is Conrad Wesselhoeft, M.D. (Dr. Wesselhoeft), a pediatric surgeon. The Flan-agans brought suit on behalf of their young daughter, Ashley Flanagan (Ashley), alleging therein that on September 27,1989, Dr. Wes-selhoeft negligently performed surgery upon Ashley when she was eleven months old and that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Wilkinson v. VeseySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- Sard v. HardyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Donna Reilly v. United StatesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
- Schenck v. Roger Williams General HospitalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- Crain v. AllisonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Owens v. SilviaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
- Almonte v. KURLSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012
- Lauro v. KnowlesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999
- Debar v. Women & Infants HospitalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
- Flanagan v. WesselhoeftSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
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