Estate of Berthiaume v. PRATT, MD

POMEROY, Justice.

The appellant, as administratrix, based her claim of right to damages on an alleged invasion of her late husband’s “right to privacy” and on an alleged assault and battery of him. 1 At the close of the evidence produced at trial, a justice of the Superior Court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Rule 50, M.R.Civ. P.

Appellant’s seasonable appeal brings the case to this court.

The appellee is a physician and surgeon practicing in Waterville, Maine. 2 It was established at trial without contradiction that the deceased, Henry Berthiaume, was suffering from a cancer…