Legal Opinion
Edward C. Denneny and Catherine Denneny v. Bernard Siegel, Louis H. Block and the Albert Einstein Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 15, 1969No. 17064_1PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to determine whether there was sufficient evidence presented at the trial of this medical malpractice action to warrant submission to the jury. Ruling that plaintiffs’ case lacked the necessary evidence to establish the negligent act as the proximate cause of the injuries sustained, the trial judge granted a directed verdict under Rule 50 in favor of the defendant hospital. 1 Before reaching the question of the sufficiency of the evidence, it is necessary to trace the wife-plaintiff’s 2 medical history prior and subsequent to…
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3Cited by161 opinions
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