Carrigan v. Sacred Heart Hospital

The primary issue is whether upon all the evidence considered most favorably to the plaintiff verdicts for the plaintiff could reasonably be returned. Sargent v. Alton, 102 N. H. 476; Leonard v. Manchester, 96 N. H. 115. The standard by which the conduct of the defendants is to be judged is neither doubtful nor disputed. They were required to possess the knowledge and to exercise the care and skill of the ordinary hospital or practitioner in the same or similar localities. Michael v. Roberts, 91 N. H. 499, 501. See April v. Peront, 88 N. H. 309, 311; Garfield Memorial Hospital v. Marshall,…