Mangiameli v. Ariano

This is a suit for $51,993.70 for damages for alleged malpractice of defendant, a dentist, in extraction and treatment of a tooth. The jury returned a verdict for $15,000. As a condition to overruling the motion for a new trial, the district judge required the plaintiff to file a remittitur of $7,500, and thereupon entered judgment for the remaining $7,500, to which plaintiff filed a cross-appeal.

The bill of exceptions consists of 499 pages, including the testimony of some 9 doctors and medical experts, and the discussion, pro and con, of the defendant’s 40 assignments of error required…