Locke v. Pachtman

In this medical malpractice action, the trial judge granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiffs’ proofs. The Court of Appeals affirmed, finding that plaintiff had failed to make a prima facie showing of the standard of care related to defendants’ allegedly negligent conduct.

We affirm.

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On August 5, 1981, plaintiff Shirley Locke underwent a vaginal hysterectomy with entocele and rectocele repair at the University of Michigan Hospital.1 The procedure was performed by defendant, Dr. Judith Pachtman, then a fourth-year resident in gynecology. Codefendant, Dr.…