Mueller v. Bauer

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the surviving spouse and daughter of a deceased patient, filed this medical malpractice action against defendants, a physician and his employer, alleging that defendants’ negligence in prescribing an antiarrhythmic drug caused patient’s death. Defendants moved for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiffs’ expert could not establish the cause of death with the requisite degree of certainty. Plaintiffs appeal from the entry of summary judgment in defendants’ favor. They assert that the trial court erred in finding that there was no genuine issue as…