Flanagan v. Redondo

Plaintiff, Philip Flanagan, sued defendant, Dr. Luis G. Redondo, for medical malpractice in the treatment of plaintiff’s broken leg. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of defendant, arguing that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and trial errors require a new trial.

On July 24, 1982, plaintiff injured his leg when he fell from a ladder. Plaintiff’s wife took him to the emergency room at Christ Hospital, where Dr. Edward Snyder, the orthopedic surgery resident, diagnosed the injury as a spiral fracture of the lower third of the tibia. Dr. Snyder…