Bronson v. Hitchcock Clinic

I would reverse the verdict below and grant judgment for the defendant. The trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion for directed verdict. The plaintiff failed to elicit the necessary medical testimony to permit the issue of causation to go to the jury.

It is well-settled that “[w]here the cause of disease, injury, or death of a person is not within common knowledge or experience there must be scientific or medical evidence, that is the testimony of medical experts, to establish the cause and effect relationship between the complained of condition and the asserted cause.” 31A AM.…