Alef v. Alta Bates Hospital

Opinion

HANING, J.

Plaintiff/appellant Joseph Alef, a minor, appeals judgments in favor of defendants/respondents Alta Bates Hospital (Alta Bates), Roger Hoag, M.D., and Robert Neff, M.D., in appellant’s medical malpractice action. At the close of appellant’s case-in-chief the trial court granted Alta Bates’s motion for nonsuit. Thereafter, by special verdict the jury found Hoag and Neff were not negligent. Appellant contends there was sufficient evidence to submit the case against Alta Bates to the jury, and assigns numerous evidentiary errors. We reverse the nonsuit and the judgment for Neff,…