Peter J. Ricciardi v. The Children's Hospital Medical Center

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict for defendants. In a medical malpractice suit, plaintiff-appellant Peter Ricciardi attempted to introduce into evidence on various grounds a note entered into his medical chart stating that an unscheduled event occurred while he was undergoing surgery. The physician who made the entry did not have personal knowledge of the event and could not recall the source of the information. Ricciardi appeals the district court’s rulings that the note was inadmissible hearsay and that his expert witness would not be allowed to rely on the…