Richardson v. Fuchs

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

In this medical-malpractice action originally brought in Superior Court, the plaintiff appeals from the grant of a directed verdict to the defendants. The plaintiff claims that the trial justice erred in refusing to permit her expert witness to testify, and that in any event the evidence as presented entitled her to go to the jury. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are as follows: On the morning of June 7, 1975, plaintiff, Judith Richardson (Richardson), fell down the stairs in her mother’s home. Complaining of pain in her right arm, she was taken to the emergency room…