Schnear v. Boldrey

Opinion

KANE, J.

In this medical malpractice case plaintiff, Dennis Jay Schnear, appeals from a judgment entered upon a unanimous jury verdict in favor of respondent Edwin B. Boldrey.

In November 1963 appellant (then 18 years old) noticed that he could not hold a pencil or pen in his right hand. Medical tests at that time were inconclusive. In early 1964 he entered the United States Navy, but was medically discharged in July 1964 following an examination at a naval neurological clinic which revealed a weakness and paralysis of his right wrist and hand, atrophy of his upper right arm and a tumor…